Night Before the Dawn

Once I was a Raven
with vicious, savage claws
I tasted the horror of humanity
And felt their sorrowful, mournful calls

Once I was the cancer that fed upon us all
Delving in the coldest, darkest regions
and dying for the cause

Once I was a stranger
afraid of everything I saw

Everyone became an enemy
myself the most of all

Once I was a Raven
that sailed through dark night skies
never knowing of life possibilities
or the beauty in us all

Once I was a dead man
nothing lived in me

But …now,
I hear the songs of sparrows
And I wonder what it means