Splitting Through The Illusion (inspired by Solzhenitsyn Harvard Address).

We built our towers high

Lit the sky with neon pride

But truth slipped through our fingers

While comfort dulled our minds

We called it freedom

But forgot the soul

We chased the future

And lost control

Truth is seldom sweet

It stings, it bites, it burns

But bitter truth is better

Than the silence we have learned

We balance power

We sign the deals

But the deeper split

Is what we fail to feel

A world split apart

Not just East and West

But soul from body

And courage from the chest

A world split apart

Not just land and law

But man from meaning

And wonder from awe

We thought we were strong

But we are friable

Powdered by comfort

Cracked by denial

Civil courage fades

Litigation grows

We fear the truth

And feed the show

We measure all with Western eyes

And call the rest 'behind

But ancient cultures hold the keys

To wisdom intertwined

With every step we take, we stride

We miss the beauty wide

For in the dance of life we learn

Humility is pride

A world split apart

Not just East and West

But soul from body

And courage from the chest

A world split apart

Not just land and law

But man from meaning

And wonder from awe

So open up your eyes and see

The tapestry of life

Different threads, the harmony

In joy and in strife

We've got to learn the truth

Embrace what we can't control

For in the rhythm of the heart

Is how we make us whole

A world split apart

Not just East and West

But soul from body