Human

I will meet you in the daylight, With no banner in my hand, No borrowed rage between us, No line drawn in the sand. I will look beyond the fracture, Past the colors and the names, Past the stories they invented, Past the fuel they gave the flames. I can see the life you carry, I can see the weight you hide, I can hear the quiet places Where the better parts survive. You are more than what they called you, More than what they made you prove, More than every side that claimed you, More than what they did to you. I won’t bow to the blindness, I won’t kneel to the divide, I will stand for what is human Still alive behind your eyes. Human! I see the human in you! Human! More than the lines they drew! Before the flag, before the fight, Before the world forgot the light, You are human! I see the human in you! I won’t let them strip the human out of you! I will not reduce your sorrow To a slogan or a side, I will not confuse your anger With the soul you carry inside. Faith can still be kind here, Truth can still be held with grace, Freedom still means nothing If we lose the human face. So I’ll speak what they buried, I’ll defend what they denied, There is something holy burning Still alive behind your eyes. Human! I see the human in you! Human! More than the lines they drew! Before the flag, before the fight, Before the world forgot the light, You are human! I see the human in you! I won’t let them strip the human out of you! They wanted faces turned to symbols, They wanted names turned into blame, They wanted hearts beneath the wreckage Buried underneath the shame. But I can see you standing there, Breathing through the smoke, Still carrying the image Of the truth they never broke. Human! I see the human in you! Human! More than the lies they drew! Before the tribe, before the war, Before they taught us to ignore, You are human! I see the human in you! I won’t let them strip the human out of you! You are a name, not a number, A soul, not a side, A heart made for mercy, A life no lie can divide.