Vernal Equinox

The vernal equinox, burnin through your speakerbox

Emergin in a version free of preconceived and weaker thoughts

Preacher taught philosophies all fightin over dominance

God's will, free will, fate, karma, and consequence

Walkin this path and just lookin for the positives

Awakinin, the negatives always seem more obvious

Broken dreams, broken homes , broken promises

Wanderin, wonderin, why is it so ominous?

Wonder where the heroes are, wonder where the honor is

Wonder why our morals seem to seep from the subconsciousness

The verbal novelist, the verge of the apocalypse

The only thing I'm worried bout is goin out anonymous

Insteada given up the smoke, they steady given up the hope

Already stranded there, standin there, back against the ropes

And our candidates is jokes, inanimate at most

It's not hard to understand why people don't wanna vote

Arrested for crimes from desperate times

Restless individuals, desolate minds

Livin in oblivion, walkin toward the coffin

We privatize our prisons and turn it into profit

Cram em in the pen under animal conditions

Strip em of their dignity, condemn em and forget em

When they're sentencin the businessmen, they're sendin em to minimum

But victims of the system get the maximum for drug offendin

Young men locked up, young women knocked up

We talk about the causes of the problems but it's not enough

Thought it was likely, Spike Lee, Get On The Bus

Awwwwwww…. Fuck it, that's what we wanna say

Wanna fade away, but today is not the day

Gotta pay the price if you wanna play the game

Gotta make a choice and live with the pain

Take it all in vain, take it in stride

Life is too short for grudges but we're stubborn with pride

facin of high noon with our gun on our side

Or afraid of confrontation so we run and we hide

And some of us try to stop the severing ties

But can never step aside from our separate lives

It's a shame we lose touch with so many good folks

Haven't spoken in forever and we used to be close

When we miss em the most, is when they switch into ghosts

Wishin we picked up the phone or at least had written note

So we reminisce on memories and visions alone

Never had to hustle, never lost that many close to me

But I've seen enough to know that's not how it's supposed to be

All means necessary, just to get the groceries

Askin for forgiveness, while clutchin on the rosary

Water into wine, struggle into poetry

Mind's eye focusing to find my opening

Hopefully they'll say that kid he spoke to me emotionally

Expandin internationally, but looked over locally

Sounds more pronounced, seein colors more vibrant

From here on out now, as long as I'm alive it's

No more regrets and no more surprises

Things get dark

but the sun still rises

by Eastern Sunz