We Are We Can We Must

Foreign are the thoughts of others Like the minds of past lovers Thoughts to which we may surmise and guess Intentions remain questions, answers yet to confess Reasoning reached through the labyrinth of the mind Shared reactions due to the nature of our kind Fractured we stand, divided by difference Splintered we are, lacking repentance We may pass, but hope remains, burning from within We may ignore, but hurt remains, entrenched in sin Pride leads to want, leads to power, leads to war War leads to fight, leads to hurt, leads to more Rise and fall, we cycle through civilization and destruction Start and stall, we succumb to self-imposed attrition Time unfolds and we're forced to react We constantly plan, but we often lack the tact To mend the cracks that divides our kind To embrace the momentum of our time To believe we can and must strive for more To turn the key and walk through the door