Dark well

Inside the well

These deep feelings swell

Rising like a tide

There is no place to hide

From it all

Buried alive

Under this weight

Hearts in your mouth

Stomach in your throat

Love is a drug

That hides the truth

Of a longing that had deep roots

In a collective past

Is life now asking this of you

To find a place to set

The wild ocean free

How far back does it go

How far can you see

And most of all can you find

A way to ease

The weight of this burden

The release of this pressure

A way to give back the pain

Saying to the ancestors

It will not all be in vain

If only now I can go free

If only now

Denied feelings are set lose

Untie this noose

I beg of you

This pain was never mine to carry

And too long have I tarried

Buried down

Deep inside

This dark well