Unseen

pain doesn’t really care what colour you are
whether or not you have a trust fund or
live on the street
pain doesn’t care how old you are
if you live a comfortable life
or haven’t slept in a week

fear doesn’t give a fuck if you’re a homosexual

if you’re straight as an arrow

or you live your life celibate

and fear doesn’t care if you’re an athlete or professional

if you live a rough life

or your whole world is delicate

this is life right now and there’s no prerequisite

no instruction manual, no list for double-checking it

we’re only here as long as we are – no half steppin it

this world brings us down only as long as we’re letting it

you see, sadness doesn’t just pick on the weak-hearted

and madness doesn’t just steal the minds of cowards

we wanna build our lives, but before we start it

we should take a few minutes to analyze our power

strength lies in more than our muscles and bones

strength is what it takes to build a family, a home

a community, a world worth living in

when a man does you wrong, it takes strength to be forgiving him

it takes courage to live this life

to be true to oneself in the face of the odds

to make sense of a world that can seem so odd

keeping faith is more than about believing in God

it’s about seeing greatness in the eyes of each other

responsibility for pointing out the lies in each other

no matter how uncomfortable, we must rely on each other

we can either grow together or die with each other

and might sound drastic, but life can be drastic

we all carry burdens around, we try to mask it

lie about the fact that sometimes we get our ass kicked

it’s like we’re tryna shine our light through layers of plastic

but we’re greater than we give ourselves credit for

you’re greater than your bank account balances and credit scores

this world made you forget who you are – what you let it for?

once upon a time, you had a dream – what did you forget it for?

get quiet. take some minutes from time and just listen

be patient with the process,

get in touch with your inner waves like audio that’s lossless

fuck a dollar sign – silence is priceless – costless

just listen…

because love doesn’t care what mistakes you’ve made

even if you spent half your life drinking your way to the grave

and love doesn’t resent you for being a human being

love lives in the unseen – there’s so much we’re not seeing