The Blind Path To Freedom

In the eyes of their mothers Justifiable fear, driven by the monsters in the dark that do exist She can't tell you it isn't true In the eyes of your community Indignation, pride Sinking as each blow Hits closer, closer to home Bloodshot eyes from too many nights awake, hands clenched together, asking Lord, why? Eyes once bright, once so full of hope, fading, fading, gone And the sweet innocence of a child Born into a world full of hate Blooming potential Destroyed by another Marching on, marching forward Though their eyes are but dimming The light is at the horizon On their blind path to freedom