Life’s Change
Families change
Tastes change
Styles change
Climate change
Food chains change
Cities change
Landscapes change
Governments change
Friendships change
Everything changes
Why are we so afraid of change?
We change shoes
Change our clothes
Change our cars
Change our hair
Change our partners
Change our positions
Change locations
Change our hearts
Change our minds
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Often
We are informed
That we must look for answers
Out there in the world
Religious answers
Intellectual answers
Answers about love
About the things that interest us
About our soul
Often
The answers lie within
Lie within the questions we ask ourselves
Lie within the beliefs we hold
Lie within the examination of who we are
What we are
How we got here
What we accept.
It is in our solitude
That thoughts percolate
And rise to the surface
As we examine
Our world
In ways others do not see
In places where our creativity
Challenges our abilities
And allows us to draw conclusions
That are ours
This is what makes us.
We stand tall
When we are alone
We feel none of the encumbrances
Daily life inflicts
We are us only at those times
We are more
When we are alone
It is the real us
I can live with that
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There is love
In the spring rain
There is love
With nothing to gain
There is love
When I’m with you
There is love
And love is you
There is love
On a winter's morn
There is love
Sweetly adorned
There is love
When I am with you
There is love
And love is you
Love is flowers on the trees
Bees buzzing all around
Love is the look in your eyes
And in your gentle sounds
There is love
On a summer's day
There is love
In the sun’s rays
There is love
When I am with you
There is love
And love is you
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I stood out on the street
I took in all the sights
The buildings were so tall
In the fading light
There was no real warmth
There was a decision not to stay
I’d rather be somewhere
Far away from here
I looked up to the clouds
I watched a jet in flight
There was a trail of smoke
As it flew out of sight
I’d follow that plane
Anywhere, anyway
I need to be somewhere
Far away from here
The road is long
And travel is far
It’s a place
To follow my heart
Turn it up
Turn it on
Turn it into something
That makes sense
Make it into something
I can be
Make it into something
I can see
Do you want to go there with me?
I moved on down the road
Following ancient trails
Searching for a path
Before the sun does pale
Looking for that moment
When life shifts into gear
I need to be somewhere
Far away from here
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There are people
Who live in their dreams
And there are people
Who live in their schemes
And there are people
Who keep wondering
What will make a better day
There are people
Whose lives have been blessed
And there are people
Whose lives are so stressed
And there are people
Who can’t get themselves dressed
Searching for a better way
We can hope and dream now
We can create and conceive now
Something we can really believe in now
We can make our lives
Better in every way
There are people
With lots on their minds
And there are people
Whose minds are confined
And there are people
Whose lives are defined
By what others do say
We can hope and dream now
We can create and conceive now
Something we can really believe in now
We can make our lives
Better in every way
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In Shakespeare's verse there does remain
A romantic spirit of soft refrain
Where two hearts gather free and strong
Possessed of spirit, captured in song
To blend and join and meet as one
With fire so strong it blinds the sun
Yet soft tis as lambs summer wool
The cup runneth over, it is never full
One sound, one word, one simple glance
All can see the truth of romance
In evening skies where Venus does reign
On summer morns where sunflowers gain
Two hearts joined as one
True love can never be undone
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Allegory
Prophetory
Crisis upon crisis
Storytelling at its finest
Manufacturing advantage
Creating damage
In efforts to divine
From innocence to sublime
Tangled moments that induce a shiver
Failing to deliver
Subverting promises
Airing grievances
Deny, deny, deny
Until you are blue in the face
One only has to ask why
And you answer
Why not!
That’s all the answer
You’ve ever got
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There was love
There was laughter
There was involvement
Dedicated
Committed
Building on promises
Lifting hearts
In ways never known
It was good
It was right
Fit together so well
Built to last
Built to share
Giving together
Very aware
Showing that we care
There are hopes and dreams
There are plans and schemes
But in the end it all comes to naught
Life just keeps on rolling
Urging us to turn and bend
Building on its presence
Reminding us we are all pretend
Life just keeps on rolling
We can think we will mend
Life just keeps on rolling
Right to the bitter end
Heart broken
So destroyed
Taken when all was right
You are gone
I am alone
Picking up pieces
To build my home
In the unknown
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