Versus Verses
Unveiling the Soul's Odyssey: Versus Verses by Hannah Stokes
Lyrics
I was told that if I said
I was advised that expressing myself
The right words that are in my head
Using the correct words from my thoughts
I would be held and home
I would be comforted and secure
Never to let go
Never to release or let it go
But the words I find are undefined
However, the words I discover lack clear definition
I don't know how to make them mine
I am uncertain how to claim them as my own
If only I could write my own
If only I could create my own words
Reach inside my soul
Delve into the depths of my inner self
The songs I write are out of time
The songs I compose are not aligned with the times
My tongue has fallen out of line
My speech has deviated from the norm
I knit my thoughts into a broken cloth
I weave my thoughts into a flawed fabric
Never to be sold
Never to be commercialized or traded
To think to feel is what makes us real
To think and feel defines our existence
But to share in words is the letters seal
But expressing emotions in words seals them
I don't belong in this open book
I don't belong in this exposed narrative
Forever I am closed
Permanently closed off to the world
Now I have
Now I possess
Spoken words that are not mine
Uttered words that don't originate from me
I've taken the mind to take and take time
I've assumed control of time to ponder and reflect
But one day soon I will make myself home
But one day soon, I will create a sense of belonging
In the light of the love that I've found and I've grown
In the radiance of the love I've discovered and cultivated
Oh love of my life this light I have know
Oh, love of my life, this illuminating experience I've known
Love of this light shows the way home
The love illuminated by this light guides the way home
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