look at me, I am the crippled now   could you ever hold me again?   Did you ever look and see what I was   Ever was I known when I was true?   And if this is all I am   Then peace becomes my rotten soul      They split themselves apart   And chase away those adored   they leave behind the binding hope   they chose to fight, in fear of this   I hear a million cries   pleas: only _to be heard_   I see a million smiles   pasted on faces of pain      they are scaling worlds   oblivious to their own   all for fear of being hurt   all for fear of being known      all on their own   never asking on   they fall   martyrs for lies      forget: your prejudice   embrace: me just once   set aside the horrid smiles   fall with me to know this vision   the lights blur and become as one   none are left to fend or restore   and time no longer forces fear   for we know now what we share   forget, embrace, the time will come