As This Moment Slips Away

Hold on to the who
The who of who changed you
The who that broke open your sleeping soul
The endless list of who

Carry the what with you when you go
The what of what sickness we've let plague us
The what kind of person you get to be
The wake up calls of what

Let the where be the thick in the air you breathe
The where where great empires have been built and then cracked on the backs of those who built them
The where where you've felt safe sleeping but others lied with both eyes open
The shining darkness of where

Never forget the when of now
The when of hundreds of years of sacrifice, terror, and apathy
The one of systemic fear of goodness
The realiziation that we are the when

And whats most important, learn the why by heart
The why of why silence couldn't possibly be an option
Why our own discomfort in the face of truth could become priority
The why of why not now
Learn the why by heart
By heart
As this moment slips away

Oh!