When you declare that you know, you know lies,
then suddenly for you will truth unfold.
When you decide that you will, you will rise.

When memories are stones the bad incise,
then chisel change the terrors there inscrolled.
When you declare that you know, you know lies.

When possibilities undim your skies,
then shiver shake the fears that once controlled.
When you decide that you will, you will rise.

When past despair all future hope defies,
then bravely breathe the new foretold.
When you declare that you know, you know lies.

When daybreaks difficult are soiled with sighs,
then grooving grasp the promises enrolled.
When you decide that you will, you will rise.

When you once empty now are filled with cries,
then always you respect must high uphold.
When you declare that you know, you know lies.
When you decide that you will, you will rise.

- Robert Stone, 15 May 2011