Anew

Trials may come from day to day
And dreams get lost along the way
When we look upon the things we see
And settle for reality
Instead of pressing toward the light
And doing what we know is right
We diligently grind away
At goals that lead us to the grave
We focus on how to survive
Not that which makes us come alive
And we adamantly defend
Every wrong turn and each dead end
For we are doing what we must
Whether we succeed or bust
When will we ever dare to start
Pursuing dreams within the heart
Are we too scared and filled with dread
From memories within the head
Of all the times we tried and failed
When others we relied on bailed
How much the past rejection stung
These lessons learned when we were young
How can we overcome the fear
When it’s so deeply rooted here
When love is distant and grown cold
And there’s no hand for us to hold
We flounder about on our own
And dredge through this dark world alone
So how can anyone dare hope
When we’re struggling just to cope
With disappointments that we face
And disillusionments of grace
Yet deep inside a fire burns
An unacknowledged passion yearns
More sweetly than we can conceive
And desperately we believe
That love will bloom and dreams come true
When hope and faith are born anew