and then the world was ours
after months of waiting
for the darkness to subside
we opened the cellar door
just a crack
to face our fears of the light
they told us would blind
and bind our hands to our eyes
and steal away the wisdom
learned in the darkness and solitude
but we opened our eyes
my hands on yours and yours on mine
and we realized
the depths of our ignorance
the great loss of our love
that pulled and bound and found
its way into the crevasses
dug out by the lies
by the calloused hands of our oppressors
as i lifted my hands into the wild and gleaming
radiance above
someone took my hands
as you shrank away again,
into a corner
he is jealous for me, greater than
your worldly jealousy
i dreamed and dreamed, it was just a dream
the dream of the day we rose together
and then the world was ours






