What About Now?

In the corner of the world a shadow lies,
someone’s crying in that place without light.
What they asked for is out of sight,
what they wanted never did come alive.

Can we change the colours of the sky,
can we change the wrongs and rights?
Can we make it through the dawn alive,
can we leave all the scars behind?

What about now?

Someone’s hungry, someone’s hurting.
Some people live there trying to make ends meet.
Places engulfed in smoke and debris,
Is it right for things to be like this?

What about now? What about today?

One day in the world a light went on.
An idea was born between right and wrong.
Someone took a stand; fear be gone.
It’s never too late, we’ll break through the dawn.

For all the things that never died,
The sun is rising right in front of your eyes.
Shadows fade into the light,
Telling us that we will still survive.

I am the end of poverty, I am a different path.
Riding on the wave of compassion never seems too far.
I am light, the gift of vision.
Together we will surf across that ocean so rough.