6. “Wine and Water”

the vastness between every person
standing next to each other
was like the sky; they were holding back
from reaching out to love their brothers
 
the mystery of this blindness
had left me without rest
how can men stare in blindness
while brothers fall to their death?
 
each man was slowly dying
but no one dared to move
why risk security at such a cost?
what could it ever prove?
 
worse yet still, wasn't the blindness
for no man had ears
to hear the cries of fellow men
or hear the love from a mercy so feared
 
we stare blankly as the water rises
unstirred by the danger
drowning in our self-absorption
and pride soaked in anger
 
there's no will left to live or find
true love or real joy
so frightened to open up
and forever fill the void
 
i found the spring--the source of wine
for my insatiable thirst
i drank and drank, too scared to tell others
of all the fools, i'm the worst
 
but now i'm alone
and so far from home
what are we waiting for?
what am i waiting for?