Ignorance [November 4, 2011]

There are things hidden

Behind false masks, secrets behind broken trust

Deep within my soul, in my heart I did feel

Something disturbed the peace, upset the perfect balance

This I know, but I cannot know. I know nothing.

 

I can’t help but wonder, is it my face?

I must be scary when you flee from me

I know you’re afraid, I see it within your eyes

You couldn’t face me, you wouldn’t tell me.

You run from me.

 

 Am I blind? Can I not see?

Where are you? Come back to me

Further and further I drove you away

You tried to show me, the mist is thick

Through the glass, you faded from sight

 

Do I have amnesia? I cannot remember

You said you told me, I must have forgot

I’m trying to find you in an unfamiliar crowd

You blend in so well, I thought I knew your face

I’m lost in empty space.

 

Am I deaf? Can I not hear?

Did you tell me? Or did I not care?

I think you did, but I misheard

I tried to listen, but no sound reaches me

Your words come, no more.

 

It rips me apart, burns my shreds

It tears out my heart, leaves me to insanity

I am undone by ignorance, a memory long forgotten

I am broken, I try to speak. But I am mute.

You stole my voice and I never knew

 

Now there is a third, that I can see

Even though my ignorance has blinded me

I couldn’t remember, I could not speak

I thought it was me, maybe it was you

Sneaking within the shadows of my own perfect world

 

I’ve defended my castle, however, nothing lasts forever

Walls crumble, dreams decay

And even on the satin in which I lay, my existence fades

And in it’s place, the golden one stands

And in his hand, in which he holds,

There lies my Ignorance.