Arrhythmia

Just For Our Sakes

April 30, 2008

 

by Ashvini Rajah

 

 

 

Waiting and waiting to see your face
To take me away from this darkened place
Our hearts are one, yet pulled apart
By people who hated this from the start
This world we know is full of hate
Where bigotry is a bitter aftertaste
When man differentiates between colour of skin
You know his God speaks not from within

Irony is such a cruel thing we see
When love so true is not to be
I reach for your hand, you’re so far away
Perhaps you’ll find mine, in a better day?
Pulled apart by forces uncontrollable
So vile this is, so unreasonable
Tears they flow, rivers they make
For you I’ll wait, just for our sakes

 

 Life is cruel, we know that much
Tales of wars and disasters and such
Sometimes you experience joy so true
Only to have it taken from you
They say its hard just so you do
Cherish the brief good moments given to you
Hold on to them tight before they’re gone
Keep them with you till you’re done

Hope is but a bitter illusion
A flighty yet tiresome emotion
Waiting and waiting to see your face
For you who knows not the limits of race
Rivers flow and my heart skips a beat
For when I hear the sound of your feet
Waiting and waiting to see your face
As the day creeps in this terribly slow pace

Tell me now that everything’s alright
Tell me now that we’ll stick to the fight
The odds, the people, the discrimination
The jeers of such a shallow nation
Hold my hand just hold it tight
Together we can make this right
This life is ours, for us to make
For you I’ll wait, just for our sakes. . .

 

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