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Overcome


(poems go here) The doors open swiftly now, A new dawn is approaching. With cautious steps and distrustful eyes the soul is slowly searching A way to adapt and survive In a world suffocating with prejudice Where one must fall in order to rise, the tables now are turning. Reaching out in the sky, there will be no need for stars tonight. Wish from the heart, forget about chance yet the conflagaration still is burning. A failure to cry, a failure to feel has left us mute and numb. For we seek a book by its cover and a person for their visage. But once the break of day has come, and the fresh morning dew has painted the ground the tides will have turned and fear will not burn. There will be no need for stars tonight for we will overcome...
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