Respect

Respect

In this life you must suffer!

The God fearing say,

Yes, you're guilty from birth,

From your first need's the way.

You're downtrodden and sad,

Fearing what you're told's bad,

Hide, protect yourself from light of day.

Keep your mind safe from new,

'Case it hurts me or you,

Making snap judgements,

And spin a new lie,

Say you knew what to do,

Make believe it's all-true,

Living falsehoods, 'till its time to die.

It can't work for us all,

We can't keep our eyes closed,

We've been searching,

Down too many roads.

We are witness, to truth,

And suppression of youth,

We grow stifled, by rights you impose.

Take YOUR fears and YOUR pain

Away, don't force me to feel,

It's not our lot,

To live with your dead.

Got our own cross to bear,

And our own truths to share,

And to us, they're as sacred and real!