Greater Power

One man alive at a time

It was encouraged not to tell those who hurt you how you feel

Best to keep it all inside and let it pass

And place over it a tight seal

Another born a lifetime apart

No way they’d ever know each other

The world he is living in now

You’d think was quite another

For he was told it was fine to say what was on his mind

As by now it was believed if you let those who hurt you what they had done human nature would turn out kind

One of them felt empty and alone

And the other felt quite the same

Because despite a lifetime of progress, some outcomes remain the same

Though no one may know how we feel

Those that do may simply hold that open seal

Knowing what they do, gives them even greater power

Over the love of another