Have You Ever?

have you ever felt

the cold lifeless hand of an infant

or gazed into their unblinking eyes

and observed the face of death

when marked in bittersweet innocense?

have you ever touched your dreams

and felt the simplistic joy

of feeling them become reality

only to abandon them

for reasons you can't explain?

have you ever watched your family

once who shared the greatest of loes

suffer an unforgettable and unforgiveable tragedy

that will slowly, painfully and inevitably

tear them all apart?

do you know, first hand,

the evil that resides deep within the heart

of every man, every woman and every child?

have you seen its face as it randomly seeks

a soul to torment and destroy?

do you know the darker side of life

the one that awakens you

in the still of night

crying to your unknown power

"Save me from Myself!!"?

does your heart constantly questions

whether humanity is obtainable

in a world corrupted with suffering

and where war

is the favoured solution for peace?

if you really wanna know me,

and understand the forces that compel me to move-on,

then take these questions

and take the entwined pain

for this is who I am!