Liberated from the Lie

I don’t know just what I’m trying to say

Take all the pain and just blow it away

All my fears and regrets somehow came to stay

On one particular fine day,

Amazing how life can change

Fate and circumstances often re-arrange

The course of life now it feels so strange

My scent was detected by predators downrange,

Still I wonder what to say to the man upstairs

The one whom I must pray to and share

Things get a little twisted living through a nightmare

Strangely I always thought we were a decent pair,

Life goes on despite a devastating loss

Fate is not decided by a coin toss

The shadow that was cast by a cross

The woman of today obsessed over lip gloss,

Still I wonder when I hear the knock on the door

What was it all for?

Always thinking I could have done more

The tragedies the human mind endlessly explores.

Take pity on this wretched soul,

With nowhere to hide not even a hole

Oh how love and war they take such a toll

I fear I must adopt a new role,

Like the wonder in a little child’s eye

Like ancient men watching birds fly

When the rage of battle finally dies

When will we be liberated from the lie?