There’s a lot of shame in the community

And It almost killed me to have his lecherous body drain me of blood

As though I shouldn’t be in the water.

Not Everybody wants swim in my community

Or walk across the lake unafraid

There are shakes in the water, you'd think

Why must we give them so much power

Why must you live like a shadow

Hiding from yourself

Selling yourself short of love

Don't let it consume you

So holding my hand is criminal to the biblical eye

Stepping out of my dorm-room is a travesty

Loving me and owning it is a life sentence of shame

Why must you give them so much power
over your soul.
it's crippled  from all the time
it has had to break and bend to please the morally supreme
The self proclaimed righteous
Who over looks himself.

Why must we walk as slaves without chains

Carry the cross that hinders our happiness

Why must we be so shameful
to walk, talk and live in our truth

Why must our sublime not be seen or felt

There's just a lot of shame in my community

And I want to be free of it.

So...

I hope you reach the pressing wall

that only offers you a life of sorrow and self loathing 

or

Happiness and love for life's glory

And I hope you choose self liberation 

I hope the curtains fall and the light strikes the shadow away.
burns the biblical eye into a crust and leaves you soaked in love and happiness

we have been liberated to live, so

just make sure, your happy in this life.

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