I walk the street and all I see

Are tired eyes and shopping lists

A kid who laughs

A man who limps

Not labels

Just little lives in transit

You hold your keys like they’re a shield

She checks her phone to calm her nerves

We’re strangers sharing the same fear

Of being hurt

Of not being heard

I see people

Only people

Same sky

Same heart

Same simple wish

To wake up safe

To go home peaceful

To love

To lose

To still be missed

Under all these flags and borders

We just want our days to start

And end

Unharmed

Unbroken

Same sky

Same heart

A woman prays in whispered words

I don’t know the sound

I know the plea

The bus is full of quiet hopes

All pressed together

Breathing next to me

We all want mornings

Not alarms

To tuck our children into sleep

To argue soft about small things

Because the big things cut too deep

I see people

Only people

Same sky

Same heart

Same simple wish

To wake up safe

To go home peaceful

To love

To lose

To still be missed

Under all these flags and borders

We just want our days to start

And end

Unharmed

Unbroken

Same sky

Same heart

If you could feel my shaking hands (oh)

You’d recognize your own in mine

Different stories

Different lands

But the same dream running down the spine

I see people

Only people

Same sky

Same heart

Same simple wish

To wake up safe

To go home peaceful

To love

To lose

To still be missed

Under all these flags and borders

We just want our days to start

And end

Unharmed

Unbroken

Same sky

Same heart