tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78300204182934374782024-03-14T00:03:33.138-07:00Shanthi ProjectAndree Santinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12781211816013546840noreply@blogger.comBlogger165125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830020418293437478.post-19485691538687789792021-03-29T11:47:00.002-07:002021-03-29T11:47:38.726-07:00Life does not Stand Still<p> </p><p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Life
does not Stand Still</b></span></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Once
the door opens to release me</span></span></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">a
battlefield will rise</span></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">a
barricade of challenges </span></span>
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">as
endless as the skies</span></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">a
sea of roaring waves</span></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">no
Moses to divide</span></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">choices
for the making</span></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">on
which I must decide</span></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">with
enemies to fight</span></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">so
many different sides</span></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I
must drive very straight</span></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">or
else I might collide</span></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Once
the door opens to release me</span></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">there
will be no more talk</span></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">there
will be no more second chances</span></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I
have to walk the walk</span></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">no
more lame excuses</span></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">no
more mighty lies</span></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">no
more beating around the bushes</span></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">no
holding things inside</span></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So
once the door opens to release me</span></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I
know all that will come</span></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I
expect to see dark times</span></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">so
I am grateful for the sun</span></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">But
once that door has opened</span></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">and
I know it will</span></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I
must keep moving forward</span></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">for
life does not stand still</span></span></p>Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083764786177036954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830020418293437478.post-83184315731539607322020-01-31T15:12:00.003-08:002020-01-31T15:12:33.955-08:00Vincent Van Gogh<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Vincent Van Gogh</b></span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I may be trapped</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">In this dark place</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">But that doesn't stop the
stars</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">From shining extravagantly</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I may not be able to dream</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">When I close my eyes</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">But that hasn't made me blind</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">To the wonders of life</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I may be alone</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Unable to survive</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">But looking at this Starry
Night</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I feel alive</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">Inspired
by Van Gogh's </span></i></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Starry
Night</span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<br />Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083764786177036954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830020418293437478.post-36653483695250640982020-01-31T15:11:00.001-08:002020-01-31T15:11:33.603-08:00Lost in Love<br />
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Lost in Love</b></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
lost in love</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
can't reach</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
watching you go away</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
just like sand in my fingers</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
I try to scream and cry</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
but you can't hear me</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
tears running down my face</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
I just don't want to lose you</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-style: normal;"> </span><i>Inspired
by Van Gogh's </i><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>Self Portrait</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083764786177036954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830020418293437478.post-38212548700846727822020-01-31T15:09:00.000-08:002020-01-31T15:09:14.770-08:00I'll Walk<br />
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>I'll Walk</b></span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I'll walk forever</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I'll walk for a cure</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">the cure for all cancers</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I'll walk for the hopeful</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">all of our hopes that we would
love to fulfill</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I'll walk for all the stories</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">all the stories that we could
tell</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I'll walk for a prince</span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">for
when he could come with his courage</span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I'll walk for a new world</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">where there's</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">no cries</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">no death</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">no pain</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">no discrimination</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I'll walk forever</span></div>
<br />Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083764786177036954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830020418293437478.post-58408036754607846402020-01-31T15:08:00.000-08:002021-03-29T10:33:04.843-07:00Love Falls Like Rain<br>
<div align="center" class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br></b></span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br></b></span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br></b></span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br></b></span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br></b></span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br></b></span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br></b></span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Love Falls Like Rain</b></span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br>
</div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;">rain outside</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;">driving alone</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;">on the way to nowhere</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;">trying to feel something</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;">like love</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br>
</div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br>
</div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><i>(Inspired by listening to </i></span>
</div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Barber's Adagio for Stings)</i></span></div>
<br>Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083764786177036954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830020418293437478.post-48421762945929468642020-01-31T15:06:00.003-08:002020-01-31T15:06:57.099-08:00The Inside<br />
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>The Inside</b></span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">People askin' me if I'm ok</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I say, "Yeah, I'm fine".
But really</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I'm just hurtin' inside.</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Stop telling me to open.</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I don't want to.</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I don't trust nobody.</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Let me lie and let me show</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">everyone else that nothing's </span>
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">wrong on the outside. </span>
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Let me believe that I'm a cold</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">person on the inside.</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">On the inside I don't want</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">to talk. Let me observe</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">and play with my thoughts. </span>
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Why wont you believe that </span>
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I'm a horrible person?</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I look miserable and mean.</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Why wont you believe it?</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Don't talk to me or look at
me,</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I'm too broken to be seen. </span>
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I cuddle up in my blanket</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">from the cold on the outside</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">but shiver from the coldness</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">in my heart. </span>
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I
don't need anything. It</span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">hurts me every time.</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Don't feel bad cause </span>
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I'm a cold person on the
inside. </span>
</div>
<br />Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083764786177036954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830020418293437478.post-88506710345395039052020-01-31T15:05:00.002-08:002020-01-31T15:05:50.871-08:00In My Mind It's Always Winter<br />
<div align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>In My Mind It's Always
Winter</b></span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><i> </i></span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b>I</b></span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I've never liked the winter</span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">couldn't stand the cold</span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">with wildly wicked wind</span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">and snow in an endless flow</span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">warming
up my toes</span></span></span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">wishing
for the summer</span></span></span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I've never really liked
holidays</span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">couldn't stand my family
arguing</span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">my family's just always on
edge</span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">mom would send me out in the
snow</span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I would be told to shovel or
play</span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">so many freezing memories</span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b>II</b></span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I sit in my cell</span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">my mind, it races</span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">my thoughts are overtaken</span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">by a wintry holiday I liked</span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">you brought me in</span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">with a smile on your face</span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">hope in your eyes</span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">then I entered a magical place</span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">laughter and love</span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">jokes and decorations</span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">cooking and helping</span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">no one was arguing</span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">and they gathered around the
table</span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">smiled and welcomed me</span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">so many introductions, I'll
never forget</span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I love winter</span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b>III</b></span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I smile because of you</span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">because of me</span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">because my heart is for you</span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I can't even breath</span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">we are apart from each other</span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b>IV</b></span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">we wear masks of happiness</span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">spill our tears through each
letter</span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">our souls intertwined and torn</span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">my heart broken and bruised</span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">your love reaching for me</span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b>V</b></span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">you share your love</span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I can almost hear your voice</span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">as I read your hurt</span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">feel your longing</span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">see your hope</span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">resent myself</span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b>VI</b></span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I'm sorry I'm here in a cell</span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I'm sorry I've locked up your
smile</span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Death, my friend, enemy,
prosecutor</span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">threatens to make this my
reality</span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">but my mind, it remembers</span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">it remembers a winter I love</span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">the way our hands intertwined</span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">the way you said the most
important words</span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">the way you made me love
holidays</span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">the way our love is eternal</span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">the way I now love the winter</span></div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div align="left" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<br />Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083764786177036954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830020418293437478.post-89307190478261326972019-07-19T15:16:00.001-07:002019-07-19T15:16:15.416-07:00Nothing But a Mutt<br />
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Nothing But a Mutt</b></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><i> </i></span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I am the "What are you?"</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">the "Where are you from?"</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I am white, Spanish, African,
Indian</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I have a white family</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I have black and Spanish too</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">In the place I live, white is
an honor</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">while blacks are only
"hoodrats"</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">My family is both superior and
inferior</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">All my homies are getting shot</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">White people are the shooters</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">You see, I have no true
identity</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">My category is undefined</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">But it doesn't really matter
at all</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">All non-whites are grouped
together</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Neither side will claim me</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I'm too tainted by the other</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Tainted by my preference</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Or lack of preference</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">There's nothing worse than an
unknown girl</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Other than an unknown girl in
love with a girl</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I am seventeen years of
defiance</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">of unnamed mutt</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">of another colored girl in
jail</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I am alone and isolated</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Addict going nowhere, another
statistic</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I am white, Spanish, African,
Indian</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">How about you?</span></div>
<br />Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083764786177036954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830020418293437478.post-80181365192060484202019-06-17T12:43:00.002-07:002019-06-17T12:43:11.276-07:00Why Did I?<br />
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Why Did I?</b></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="western" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I see the wind rustle the
trees</span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">swaying
freely without any caution</span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">with
no worries about what they</span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">do
or have done, unlike myself who thought</span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">"Why did I?"</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">The river, fast-paced and
never ending</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">shines not color but the
hustle of</span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">everyday
city life. Though the river may get</span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">polluted and murky, the sun
still shines</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">and legacy continues. That
sweet </span>
</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">rush
was taken away and I thought, "Why</span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">did I?"</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I remember the sun, showing me
</span>
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">the way. It was blocked by
storm</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">clouds and mountains but still
was able</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">to shine and light the way.
It was my guide</span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">the
only reliable one I've ever had, now taken</span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">away and once again I thought,
"Why did I?"</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I should have answered this
long ago</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">but I just did not seem to
know the</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">answer. A few years go by and
it all fell</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">in place. The answer lies in
my lack</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">of appreciation and gratitude
for anything</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">life gave me.</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<br />Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083764786177036954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830020418293437478.post-70719918161596985152019-06-17T12:42:00.002-07:002019-06-17T12:42:24.764-07:00Why I Play Basketball<br />
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Why I Play Basketball</b></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="western" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Everybody shows up for a
different reason.</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">A potpourri of ballers</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Some guys come because they're
regulars</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Used to seeing all the fellas
on a daily basis.</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Some show for the first time
on a tip from a friend</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Try their skills in the best
pickup around to see if they can hang.</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">A couple NBA cats roll through
when it's their off-season.</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Some jokers walk through the
doors lookin' for</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Nothing more than a sweat.</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Some guys come to drop rainbow
jumpers from deep.</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Some come to throw their
bodies around down low</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">To bang with the big boys.</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Some guys pull in every day
because they love talkin' trash</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Barbershop talk in high tops.</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">They have something to say
when they score.</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">They have something to say
when anybody scores.</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Some guys show up because they
have nothing better to do.</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Some workin' day guys show up
from a bad day of work</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">And play until they get the
sour taste out of their mouths.</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Some guys come to dunk on
somebody and hype up all the</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Loud mouths on the sideline
even more with a rim-rockin' two-hand bash.</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Some feel like they're part of
something, like a book club or a church.</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Some guys roll in because they
are addicted to competition</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Got to beat somebody in
something to be happy.</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I show up cause the game is my
life and it's the only place I get respect. </span>
</div>
<br />Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083764786177036954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830020418293437478.post-84650499503821063382019-06-17T12:41:00.001-07:002019-06-17T12:41:37.192-07:00My Day<br />
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>My Day</b></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="western" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Everyday the sad and sorrow I
feel.</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">No one can expect to be real.</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Those feelings that I always
felt,</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I always hoped they'd melt.</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Every day I wake up with the
constant fear</span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Hoping
if my freedom is anywhere near.</span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">If you didn't know</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">This is how my day goes.</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I open my eyes</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I see nothing, what a
surprise.</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I take in a long, deep breath</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">And the air smells like death.</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I think of what to do</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">In my small, tiny room.</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I know what to do, my daily
routine.</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I pretend I'm stable and happy</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">But I feel totally crappy.</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I pray for a guardian angel to
save me</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">But, of course, that can't
really be.</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I force myself to eat</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">And for the rest of the day I
feel extremely beat.</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I go to my room and take a
seat.</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I'd love one conversation
between you and me.</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I lay down and pray,</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Go to sleep and end my day. </span>
</div>
<br />Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083764786177036954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830020418293437478.post-68959071680023515362019-06-17T12:40:00.004-07:002022-07-25T13:44:38.964-07:00Do You<br />
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Do You...</b></span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">You don't understand what it's
like</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">To grow up on the streets</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">You don't know what it's like </span>
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">To act tough but be weak</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">You don't get what it's like </span>
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">To be abandoned</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">You never felt what it's like</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">To have nothing to eat</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">You don't understand what it's
like</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">To be thrown in the snow</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">In a tank top and shorts</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">You don't know what it's like</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">To steal to survive</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">And provide for your mama's
kids</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">You don't get what it's like</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">To be locked out of the house</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">While running away from your
"friends"</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">You never felt what it's like</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">To have no friends. </span>
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Can't hang out on the weekends</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I've been through it</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Tried to let go</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I've seen stuff</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">That you never see on TV
shows</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">All the negatives in life</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">All the pain and strife</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Things don't end happily in
the hood</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Things are misunderstood</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">You're from the suburbs</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Where everyone's a nerd</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">So you don't understand...do
you?</span></div>
<br />Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083764786177036954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830020418293437478.post-42348262294219582632019-06-17T12:40:00.000-07:002019-06-17T12:40:04.486-07:00Past<br />
<div align="center" class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Past</b></span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">my past isn't good</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">my past isn't great</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">there were awful things done</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">in front of my face</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I tried to act tough</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">so I could keep my guard up</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">cause I'm afraid if I let my
guard down</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I'll also drop my crown</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">people say I'm intelligent</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">and I may be fun</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">but deep down inside</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I just want to be loved</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">instead of wanting</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">to be loved I did drugs </span>
</div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I did it to take the pain away</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">so I could tell my family that
I was okay</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">life could suck sometimes</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">i wish I could put it all away
into a little cup</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">but unfortunately life doesn't
go that way</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">and we just have to suck it up</span></div>
<br />Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083764786177036954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830020418293437478.post-54515034830648122492019-06-17T12:39:00.000-07:002019-06-17T12:39:11.657-07:00Fair World<br />
<div align="center" class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Fair World</b></span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I close my eyes</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">&</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I see the wings</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">sparkling</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">big</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">&</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">pink</span></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I
wish I was that little girl again</span></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">who was afraid of the dark</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">had to have the little night
light on</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">always asked to be tucked in</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">by
mommie & daddie.</span></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">The fair world is so far away</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">but it feels so close to the
touch</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">one little wish they told me</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">you have one little wish to
come true</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I wonder about it</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I have a</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">castle</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">a queen and a king</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">that some times make me clean
the dragon's area</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">a dragon that has fire
breathing breath</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">really it's fire</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">yucky prince</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">&</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">all the love in the world</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">that one wish</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I do not know what to ask for</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">maybe I could ask for new
sparkly wings</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">when I open my eyes
everything's back to the way it was</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I'm
in 213</span></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">wearing
khakis and a polo</span></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I read all beat up books</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">What happened?</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<br />Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083764786177036954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830020418293437478.post-77184350617046285312019-06-17T12:38:00.002-07:002022-07-25T13:47:28.451-07:00In a Well-Ordered Universe<br />
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>In a Well-Ordered
Universe...</b></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="western" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
In a well-ordered universe</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
I wouldn't be myself</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
I wouldn't be so messed up</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
wouldn't need mental help</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
I wouldn't hurt people</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
or lose the ones I love</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
I wouldn't hate myself so much</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
my family would think I'm
enough</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Suicide would never happen</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
at funerals we wouldn't cry</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
no more people killing
themselves</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
not having to wonder why they
wanted to die</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
In a well-ordered universe</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
no one would be handicapped</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
there wouldn't be insecurities</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
the innocent wouldn't be
attacked</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
There would be no rape</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
no more PTSD</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
there wouldn't be victims</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
survivors are all we'd see</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
There would be no racism</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
no more discrimination</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
we wouldn't hear or say racial
slurs</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
only love across all nations</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
In a well-ordered universe</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
everyone has hope</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
there would still be tragic
accidents</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
but everyone could cope</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
There wouldn't ever be a
miscarriage</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
all parents would stay with
and love their children</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Mommies or daddies wouldn't
just up and leave</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">no
child would look at themself as a sin</span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Police brutality wouldn't
exist</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
no one would have ever made
any drugs</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
these foreign substances
wouldn't enter our bodies</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
addicts would be addicted to
hugs</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
In a well-ordered universe</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
I would be myself</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
everyone would have self-love</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
and instead of degrading</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
we'd give each other help</div>
<br />Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083764786177036954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830020418293437478.post-88477334045174127962019-06-17T12:36:00.003-07:002019-06-17T12:36:56.049-07:00What's the Point?<br />
<div align="center" class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>What's the Point?</b></span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><i> Dedicated to those who
wonder</i></span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Somebody once told me to stop
writing</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">so dark. Somebody told me to
write</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">what's in my heart...</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">And somebody told me to write
about</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">what awaits outside these
gates</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">And to that I'd like to say...</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">What's the point?</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">To write about something so
far away?</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">What's the point?</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">It's something I may not
obtain...</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">So, what's the point?</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">So I could leave this place
knowing</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">poverty awaits, saving my
place.</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">What's the point?</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The
world is full of danger anyway</span></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">can't even walk down the
street</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">without somebody taking aim.</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">So, what's the point?</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Cause I think the world is
fueled by hate</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">So I pray to god that I'll be
safe when I go to </span>
</div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">what awaits. </span>
</div>
<br />Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083764786177036954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830020418293437478.post-25427415296716899392019-06-17T12:35:00.000-07:002019-06-17T12:35:18.510-07:00Poetry Guy<br />
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Poetry Guy</b></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="western" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="western" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Poetry guy comes every other
Sunday.</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
When it's that week we can
hardly wait.</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
We are grateful for what you
do for us.</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
You teach us how to express
ourselves</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
and how to write.</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
We get so excited to hear the
words</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
"Can somebody go get the
Poetry Guy?"</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
That means he is here.</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
We no longer have to hide.</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
He brings in stories and is
always</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
up to date on the latest
events that</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
have taken place.
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Poetry Guy, we are glad you
come in.</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
We are inspired by all the
poems you bring.</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
You bring your binder and copy
down your notes.</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
You see who we really are.
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
You don't take us as a joke.
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
So long story short, thank you
for your time.</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
We are excited to see you next
time.
</div>
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Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083764786177036954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830020418293437478.post-27234922876367006512019-03-18T10:55:00.003-07:002019-03-18T10:55:59.560-07:00Sitting in My Room<br />
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Sitting in My Room</b></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><i> ~Group Poem by TP4</i></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
My
room is made of bricks</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
It
isn't much but a shelf, bed, and desk</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
It
has a window but I can't see out of it</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Sitting
in my room</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Just
enjoying the view</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
I
still can't stop thinking about you</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
I
count the bricks</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
The
time just ticks on by</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
My
choices have led me to this</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
My
mind is playing tricks</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Looking
at these dirty white bricks</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Boogers
here and there</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Hair
balls everywhere!</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
My
room is an 8 by 8</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
It's
very small</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
My
room has a door but it's not like I can choose to leave</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
1...2...3...faces
in the wall</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Which
one should I talk to</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Because
I like them all</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Sitting
in my room</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Waiting
to be called for bathroom</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
But
all I can do is sweep with this broom</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
In
my room I spend a lot of time worrying</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
I
also spend time wondering</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Trust
me, every day I hate this place more and more</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Don't
look, you'll die</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Just
a side eye</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
She
saw me, <i>there go my points.</i></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
My
room is sad</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
It's
very dull</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Compared
to other rooms you'll notice it's incredibly small</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
The
walls are closing in on me</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Claw
marks on the windows</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Screams
are everywhere</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
I
feel like bouncing off these walls</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
My
anxiety is going</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Just
thinking of all these flaws in my wall</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Looking
in through the glass</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
You
see a girl who is hurt</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
And
dealing with depression.
</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
In
my room I dream
</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
About
what life could possibly be</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
But
outside is hard to picture.
</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Sitting
in my room</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
I'm
lost to the outside world</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Or
maybe I never existed in it at all</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Locked
in a room like I'm locked in my mind</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Giving
up slowly</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Wishing
away the time</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Worrying
about my panels</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Trying
to use my coping skills</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
1,
2, 3, 4, 5 things that are happy</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
The
regrets for what I did</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Can't
go back</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
There's
only one way</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
This
I've grown to know</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
You'd
think I'd go insane</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
But
I'm so used to it</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Yes
my room may be tons of terrible things</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
But
for now it has what I need</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Till
I see what freedom can bring</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
My
window is too small and not even clear</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
I
wish I could see the moon</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
I
wish I could see home</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
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Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083764786177036954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830020418293437478.post-82194666582478182582019-02-28T11:18:00.002-08:002019-02-28T11:18:25.101-08:00Changing Ways<br />
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><br /></b></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><br /></b></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>CHANGING
WAYS</b></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></i></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
No
New Year’s resolution for me</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
No
promises that my demons desist</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Less
time focusing on streets</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
More
time focusing on degrees</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Evaluate
the benefits in me and</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
more
time running in my cleats</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Not
so many people understand me</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
A
few more just my family</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Not
so many people wanna help me</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
But
I’m gonna focus on my health and wealth</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Less
running my mouth</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
More
taking it down</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Less
running the streets</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
More
running in cleats</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Change
after all… is good</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Change
after all</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Is
all I know</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Gotta
make</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
This
time positive</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Before
it goes.</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<br />Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083764786177036954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830020418293437478.post-52499114529126195822019-02-28T11:17:00.001-08:002019-02-28T11:17:23.345-08:00Nameless....Angel<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Nameless….Angel</b></span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Nameless Angel,</span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">it’s
been 3 years since I been witchu</span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I remember them nights when I
stepped </span>
</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">down
and cried for you</span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">you
was only 13 and I was 14</span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">you
were too slow for those bullets </span></span></span>
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">to miss you</span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">lately
I’ve been sleepin’</span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">dreaming about you</span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">and
I ain’t talking about </span></span></span>
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">those good times</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I’m talking about July 27
when I saw</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">you on the floor bleedin’
your heart out</span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">just
to say I left that lifestyle go</span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">but not sincerely</span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I
did some hatred crimes so </span></span></span>
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I could feel you, bro</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I’m silver lining just to
feel </span>
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">you again</span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">we
was once rivals but we’ve</span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">become more than friends</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">and I sit here locked </span>
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">up</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">wasting my time saying less</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">but this tag on me says</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">nameless</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">because I don’t know who I
am…</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">without you nameless Angel</span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">and
sometimes I wonder</span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">is Florida even</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">safe for me to be out there</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">being called a thug is not
something</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I wanna be called this year</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Nameless Angel, hopefully
later down</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">the line I’ll be able to see
you</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">up there. </span>
</div>
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<br />Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083764786177036954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830020418293437478.post-34518656979178483602019-02-28T11:16:00.001-08:002019-02-28T11:16:08.127-08:00Dog Leash<br />
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<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Dog Leash</b></span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
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<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Dog leash</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">oh god, please help get these
dang fleas</span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">cause
I’m stripped of my freedom</span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">and I can’t speak</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">every time I try to bark</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">it’s like I’m make believe</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">they scream “SIT”</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I follow</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">they scream “TALK”</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I bark</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">short temper little dog</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">but my heart not small</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I’ve been through hell and
back</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I mean look at my inside it</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">be nothing but straight black</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I give you the puppy’s eye</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">so you could see through my</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">damn eyes</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">yeah, I know you don’t gotta
</span>
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<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">tell me though</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">my world is like a fallen</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">galaxy cause I can’t even</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">navigate through it</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Oh god, please help me get
these </span>
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">dang fleas</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">cause I’m tired of being
pulled</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">by this here leash….</span></div>
<br />Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083764786177036954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830020418293437478.post-61775166058356977542019-02-28T11:00:00.002-08:002019-02-28T11:00:48.051-08:00Turn Back Time<br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Turn Back Time</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i> </i></span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">If I could turn back time</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Nine years ago</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I would fix my thought process</span></div>
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<div align="center" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
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<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">If I could turn back time</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">To tell somebody I needed help</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I wouldn't be writing this
poem</span></div>
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<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">If I could turn back time</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">To tell everyone the truth</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I would be in a better
position</span></div>
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<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">If I could turn back time</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">To tell my mom I love her</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I would do this in a heartbeat</span></div>
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<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
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<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Now read from bottom to top</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">And see what I would do now</span></div>
<div align="center" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">If I could turn back time</span></div>
<br />Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083764786177036954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830020418293437478.post-78431761593922407822019-02-28T10:59:00.002-08:002019-02-28T10:59:48.774-08:00Not Giving Up<br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>I
Made this Poem Because I Want to Let Everyone Know I’m Not Giving
Up</b></span></div>
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<div class="western" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
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</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">It’s hard to get from here
to there</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">If you never get out of bed</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">You lie a lot to fool your
friends</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">But you fooled yourself
instead.</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
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</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">It’s harder to get from here
to there</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">If you set your goals too high</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Then nothing ever works out
right</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Too soon you no longer try.</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
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</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">But the hardest way to get
from here to there</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Is when all you ever do</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Is count up the years and
miles to go</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Then you’re through before
you’re through</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">So how do you get from here to
there</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Well you first must believe
you can</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Let no one tell you
differently</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Its your life and its in your
hands.</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Then turn your dreams into
your goals</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">And see what you need now</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">To satisfy the requirements:</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">The why, the where, and the
how.</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">At first you’re overwhelmed,
of course</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">There is so much you don’t
know</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">But keep your faith, be strong
and sure</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">For you do have a way to go.</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Take careful steps and do them
right</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Take pride in each thing done</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Don’t look to far ahead of
yourself</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Just that next step yet to
come.</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Before you know it you’ll be
there, friend</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Your dreams will then be real</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">And you’ll be standing where
I am now</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Telling others how good it
feels.</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">You’ll tell them not to quit
themselves</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">To have faith, though it’s
hard to bear</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">So they will know it can be
done</span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">They, too, can get from here
to there. </span>
</div>
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