And the place was burning

Where once my cradle stood

Memories still yearning

For what my childhood took



In peaceful shelter I may rest

Just instincts of salvation

O`deviate from the within

But hate I may not feel



A nations decay within my eyes

Imploring still in vague seclusion

A tear from a child's eye- obeying still

But fate just ties together



What's my flesh ?

And what my skin ?

What my privilege ?

And what a sin ?



Have I come to stay

What I can never be ?

Have I come to beg

For a new identity ?

....to blame...



O` I have tried to fly

But I did not have wings

I have tried to speak

But I did not know how



Like a new-born child

I have tried to trust

Reaching out

But my cradle burning



A nations decay within my eyes

Imploring still in vague seclusion

A tear from a child's eye- obeying still

But fate just ties together



Just memories today

Yes, I exist, but do I also live ?

I must deviate from the within

But hate I may not feel