If

I FOUND MYSELF

IN A CONFUSION OF PROBLEMS

PRESUMED RELATIONSHIPS

CONFOUNDED "WHO-DONE-ITS?"

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A FREEDOM FOUND IN SOLITUDE

SAID "LOVE THEM ALL AS PEOPLE"

BUT I WAS MORE THE FOOL

AND STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND IT

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LONELY, IN WANT OF ATTENTION

THOUGHT I WAS LIKE NO OTHERS

CAUGHT FROZEN AND NAKED BY THE SUNLIGHT

IN A GUILTY PRETENTION OF PRIDE, INDIVIDUALITY HAD SMOTHERED

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THE TRUTH, I CANNOT FIX ANYONE'S PROBLEMS

THAT REALLY HIT ME IN THE FACE

BUT YA DONT HAVE TO BE A GENIUS

AIN'T NO PUZZLE-SOLVE-EM'S

I SEE A WORLD VIBRANT ALIVE NOW

AND TRY TO BRING TO IT A GENTLE GRACE

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IF I SEE THE HORIZONS OF MY HYPOCRACY

AND CAN STILL STAND THE MIRROR

I WOULD HAVE HEARD WHAT THE SAGES SAID

ANCIENT WISDOMS SEEN CLEARER

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THE TRUTH, I WAS AFRAID OF LIVING WITH PAIN

IN A WORLD WHERE EVIL MAY NEVER DIE

BUT I ONLY CAN OVERCOME MY PROBLEMS

AS THIS WARS OF OPPOSITES MAKE ME CRY AND LAUGH AND AGAIN CRY AGAIN

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LOVE, WARMTH, EXCITEMENT, TRAUMA

THESE THNGS HELP ME TO GROW

BUT BEING MYSELF IN EARNEST EXPLORATION

IS A PATH OF VIBRANCY WHERE MY INTERESTS GO

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SO I CAN PRAY FOR OTHERS, BRING A WARM MIRRORED LOVE

BE A PEACEFUL SELF, LISTEN, QUIET A WORRYING MIND

THIS TRUTH EVENTUALLY SHALL SOOTHE AND RELEASE

GREATER THINGS AROUND AND ABOVE

FOR, TRUTH FOR CERTAIN CERTAINLY ABIDES

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FOR THE TRUTH IN THE END IS PROBABLY SIMPLE

LIKE HUMILITY FOUND FOR HUMANS MADE HUMANS AMAZED

BUT WE HAVE TO LIVE THIS LIFE

AND THAT IS HOW HONOR TAKES ITS PLACE

IT'S NO AWARD - I PERSEVERE UNPHASED

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  AS A VIOLENCE OF SUGGESTION SAYS YES I SHOULD KNOW HUMAN POVERTY

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AND THE COLORS YET EXPAND

UNPRESUMMING HAND OF GOD

FOREVER LOVES AND ONLY FOREVER UNDERSTANDS

AS WE CANNOT

O, THE JOYFUL TEARDROP

AT THE END OF THE WORLD!

THE BREEZE AND THEN THE SILENCE

THE ART, MEMORY, AND THE ARTIST

FULL BREATHES OF INSPIRATION

PATIENT TIME

I HAVE AN ATTENTION SPAN OF THIRTY SECONDS

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LOOKING BACK ON THIS LIFE OF THIRTY TWO YEARS

I FEEL CONNECTED

I FEEL I REALLY COULD LOVE OTHER PEOPLE

AND NOW KNOW I WANT TO LIVE

IT'S IN US TO BE OUR BEST

LOVE BORN NOT SOULLY UNTO US

AND SOULFULLY GIVE

ALL GET TO SEE THE ESSENCE OF THIS LOVE

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COMING INTO MYSELF, SEEING AT THIS PACE, I CLAIM NO TRANSCENDENCE,

NO MAJOR ILLUMINATION

SEENG THE SHADOW I HAVE CAST

LIFE, OF GOD'S LOVE,

 WAS TO A TUNE I NEVER RECOGNIZED!!!

TO MY OWN FAULT!

O, BUT I'M BEGINNING TO HEAR IT NOW!!!

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IF I SEE WILL THE WORLD PROTECT ME?

CREATED; IF DEATH BE NOBLE!

MAYBE I KNEW IT ALL ALONG

I'M SORRY I SING TO EVERY STRANGER

 I WAS JUST AFRAID TO BE WRONG

AND I TURN AND FACE ANOTHER NIGHT OF SLEEP ALONE

TOMORROW THE PROSPECTS ARE GLIMMERING

AND I AM FIRSTLY WITNESSING A SONG