New Ways to Bear Witness - Byzantine

Violence imposed with max severity

Plagued by misery we can’t give up the ghost

When all you know in life is partiality

You flee so easily from pillar to the post

We’ll hold the line as beatings grow

And possibilities of fatalities

One day those victimized will revolt

Against a world that views them as less

Exposing all they know through a lens the stories told

Viralized with no end

Silent eyes awake to see official crime

By those that we rely, deceiving their own kind

Whispers once low, now they shout what matters most

Streaming evidence confirms what we have known

They tow the lies, it’s no surprise

Dividing us in hopes of disharmony

One day those victimized will revolt

Against a world that views them as less

Exposing all they know

Through a lens the stories told

My children live in a different world

And I hold myself to blame

As they redefine accountability

How can I ever know what’s good for you

When our faces are obscured by a screen

We need to touch, we need to feel, we need to hear

Or is it all just a dream

My children live in a different world

And I hope it’s not too late

As they’re taught to love with humility