gilead iii: looking glass

For how long was I asleep?
Now save and sound
What joy it is to be free
Almost forgot

Escaped hell, atrocities
Can't peel it off
Those nightmares are part of me
I can't unsee

Why can't I sit in silence?
Why can't I strive for love?
Why can't I feel the peace the sweat release I've come to find

For all this time I've been safe
Hatred Commenced
With views through my looking glass
Forced to spectate

Kissed by an angel
Appointed above
But what's the point if
I can't feel the love
We can see the torment
We can feel the grief (I have lived the grief)
Stuck in apathy that tears me piece by piece

How can I laugh, feel joyful
How can I shut one eye
How dare we dream when we can see all of the pain they cause

Rise up defeat Goliath?
Alone I am powerless
Aware of the world beyond I'm bound to watch what I've been spared