Tides - Rescuer

Boundaries cast down through the generations

Let the fear of change fill the air

Too ashamed to stray, blindly push forward with the waves

Sink down into the grief

Wash over me

Lay here on the ocean floor, held down by the weight of outdated ways

Breathe in the hate, let it fill you with regret

Be swept away with the currents of society

The American way of feeling free

Find your place among the broken and empty

Fall in line with the preconceived destiny of being told who and what to be

Conform to a life led through defeat broken down by gender and family

Defined by the tides of ignorance

Caving in, swallowed pride chokes the throat of hollowed souls

Stare down into the darkness, find it staring back into me