I learned to take advantage Of your generosity Still you granted more More than I ever deserved Mitigate the damage Received no apology Sinking heat absorb My world undisturbed Let alone cries the wind So loud, let it sit still Deaf in tone, blind to light So poor, who speaks for you? Dust came and went Waves bound our mouths Rust in our eyes The flood, the shame Hold me down under the wave The word of god in rain The mold, the haze The light, the smell, the stain My life in debris The trust, the joy, the pain The crow, the prey The now, and then, the way Your time in decay When the air that we breathe is so thick with the shame We expire