Grow

Part I

I will be the viscious
Tread untrodden snow
But still I am helpless
Still I yearn to grow

I will live abolished
Turn the unturned stone
But still I am helpless
Still I yearn to grow

I have grown slowly
I have learned what is right
I have learned who is guilty
What is day and what is night

I have thoughts
But not power
I have soil
But no seed
I have meat and a garden
But no teeth

The wheels of time turning slowly
Still the wings of next year unfold
The inner eye seeing nothing
The scars rain me to mold

I can't walk or seek justice
I can't remove the thorn
Nor had I any expectation
That I would be reborn