Hope Lingers Yet

Set me free
From this cage that holds my mind
Let me be as I once was
Free
To live, to breathe
To feel, to hear your voice
Stop this pain
That binds and tears my soul

Show me the way out
From this despair
Tell me
That the world is still alive
Not burnt by the misery I see

Let me hold the embers
of a dying life
And know hope lingers yet

Look into my eyes
And see the flames
The distant fire of forgotten dreams
And tell me they are real

Oh sweet lucidity
I held it once
I crushed it, as all beauty died

Now despair surrounds me
Now despair consumes me

I want to see the sun
To feel the warmth
And know
Even as you turn away
I may one day be again