Compassion Is My Own Dissent - Inked In Blood

In this world where darkness reigns over all our lives —

Where my desire for vengeance nearly overtakes me

The lies poisoning our hearts and veins, bones and marrow

Hope seems a dream, and love is a curse now aborted

Yet we would die just for something real

Our facade burns and crumbles away

We cannot live without someone else who shares our pain and bears our sorrows

This is a battle for your souls, to fight is not a choice

The arrows of the enemy pierce to freeze your heart;

And to numb you with pain of loss — rendering you helpless

Will your response be bent toward hate, helping the plague to spread?

Numb with pain — still enduring

What will your decision be, when the time comes to draw the lines

Will you love, and have mercy, in spite of your doom?

Compassion is my only dissent

I am resolved only to this