tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44368401568329298122024-03-13T02:11:01.183-04:00Beyond InnisfreeShawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12089160847429622347noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436840156832929812.post-82771893035676825042013-10-24T12:37:00.002-04:002013-10-24T12:37:39.632-04:00We Bleed the Sun<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12089160847429622347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436840156832929812.post-59226700217420990672013-10-24T12:36:00.003-04:002013-10-24T12:36:37.321-04:00Tomorrow<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12089160847429622347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436840156832929812.post-80019895524556279012013-10-17T23:03:00.001-04:002013-10-17T23:03:26.137-04:00New Breath<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12089160847429622347noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436840156832929812.post-33977999991051777582013-10-16T22:21:00.000-04:002013-10-16T22:21:39.520-04:00Good Night<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12089160847429622347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436840156832929812.post-89212314080178852662013-10-15T20:04:00.000-04:002013-10-15T20:04:01.097-04:00Forever is Now<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12089160847429622347noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436840156832929812.post-30655749917411401772013-10-12T23:26:00.000-04:002013-10-12T23:26:14.619-04:00Sweet Nothing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12089160847429622347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436840156832929812.post-9193901798211266392013-10-12T23:20:00.001-04:002013-10-12T23:20:22.271-04:00I See<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12089160847429622347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436840156832929812.post-3696075489659823412013-10-08T22:07:00.001-04:002013-10-08T22:07:04.052-04:00You<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Looking out across the </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sunlit fields</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He stood in </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Awe</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Silent he stood</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For a century</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gazing upon the unspeakable</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Truth, no words could explain</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Days shifted into nights</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Into days</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Into nights</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In endless passage</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yet no time had passed</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As his gaze remained shiftless</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And his beard grew long</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He stood</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And looked into the soul</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Of beauty</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Laid bare</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Love</span><br />
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Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12089160847429622347noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436840156832929812.post-48306107870336230372013-10-08T21:57:00.002-04:002013-10-08T23:10:18.225-04:00Guilt<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">You wandered upon the inconceivable</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Buried beneath the tombs</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Of Memory</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Left in fragmented shards</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Of misaligned mirrors</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Broken</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">It was uncovered with</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Just a brush</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Of your words</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Pure and honest</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Like an atom bomb</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">A discovery you knew not of</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Something not in your search</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">But still real</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Molded and grown from spores</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Of moments forgotten</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Emotion remembered</span></div>
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Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12089160847429622347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436840156832929812.post-30908236301746597052013-09-26T22:52:00.000-04:002013-09-26T22:52:22.409-04:00Difficult Conversations<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
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I am sitting here</div>
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Contemplating the life </div>
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That we have woven</div>
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Intricately placing thread</div>
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Upon thread</div>
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Stretching strings</div>
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Taut</div>
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While others remain slack</div>
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White and burgundy</div>
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Hues</div>
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A composition </div>
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With a melody</div>
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Left incomplete</div>
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As summer recedes</div>
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And leaves turn</div>
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Falling leaf upon leaf</div>
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The crisp northern wind</div>
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Takes firm hold</div>
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Leaving hopes</div>
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Frozen in place</div>
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Like the arctic tundra</div>
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Ready for the thaw</div>
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Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12089160847429622347noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436840156832929812.post-78321384065369881212013-08-08T22:04:00.000-04:002013-08-08T22:06:02.581-04:00Passage A slight chink<br />
Left hidden within<br />
The wall that time<br />
Left standing<br />
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Hidden among the<br />
Briarwood for none<br />
Who dare to look<br />
To see<br />
<br />Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12089160847429622347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436840156832929812.post-16176779172867800622013-08-07T23:40:00.000-04:002013-08-07T23:40:04.472-04:00Turning<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>The world stopped</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>For but a moment</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>In the midst of</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Joy and Yuletide</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Stopped spinning</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>On its tilted axis</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Under the shine of</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Sun</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Drinks and gaiety </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Exchanged as the</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>New year rang </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>True</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>But left behind</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Leaving a barren</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Wake</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Where spring refused to bloom</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Hung in each</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Home</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>A wreath</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Long into summer</b></span>Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12089160847429622347noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436840156832929812.post-20728923511146079612013-07-09T20:35:00.000-04:002013-07-09T20:35:36.705-04:00Do They See<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>If I am alone in my<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Thought<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Head<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Do others<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>See the world like I <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Do<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Walking into the supermarket<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Scanning the produce<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Do they<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>See<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>What I see<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Do they see a <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Cacophony <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Of brightly colored<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Primary hues <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Exploding<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Into beautiful art?<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Each fruit set to <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Detonate<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>The moment my eyes<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Take in their <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Beauty<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Do they<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>See<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Walking down the aisle<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>From fermenting vineyards<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Chardonnays and Merlots<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Sparkling and not<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Shattering in shards of green<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Red and gold<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>At their feet<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Making the aisle <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Impassable <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Am I alone in my<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Thought<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>When I see what lies before<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Me<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Strewn in destruction<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Precisionly crafted buildings<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Crumpled at my feet<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Sun exploding into<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Wonder<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>When life becomes<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Extinct<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Oceans freezing over in <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Mid wave<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>How is it not possible<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>To see the beauty in the <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Fragile<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>In the <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Vulnerable<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Existence<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Of each thing<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Of each being<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Resting on an edge<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Thin like air<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>With so much possibility <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>How can people not <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>See<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Like<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Me<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>And love<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Each moment</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Each soul</b></span></div>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12089160847429622347noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436840156832929812.post-13700063511666698152013-06-06T10:51:00.002-04:002013-06-06T10:54:13.282-04:00Carried Home<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Let this
carry you forward<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">In the time
of unknown<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">When the
flame feeds on wax<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">That does
not diminish<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Burning
brightly like sun<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Radiating unity
beyond reach<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Staying
strong and resilient<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">In the
coming winds of uncertainty<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Let this
ivory candle light the way<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Through divergent
paths past the solstice<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Giving
guidance and certainty<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">In times of the
uncertain<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Illuminating
footfalls on uneven ground<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">As all else
falls away into summer<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Drifting in
a sea where nothing is lost<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Let this
flame find you<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">In the
darkness of the day<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">When despair
settles in<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Beyond the
reach of the sun<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">When days
pile into days<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">And road
washes away from unseen storms<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Let it carry
you forth<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Over times
of loss<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Out of
perdition<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">And into in
the equinox</span><o:p></o:p><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Where once again you are home</span></div>
Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12089160847429622347noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436840156832929812.post-74181479745071765562013-06-05T23:16:00.002-04:002013-06-05T23:16:47.111-04:00Summer<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">You have passed<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Beyond the boundaries<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Of good hope <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">And good measure</span></i><o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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A time of morning</div>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
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Sun<o:p></o:p></div>
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And beach <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
Swells<o:p></o:p></div>
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Beyond the walls<o:p></o:p></div>
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Where pupils<o:p></o:p></div>
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Sit<o:p></o:p></div>
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Dilated<o:p></o:p></div>
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With distain<o:p></o:p></div>
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Beyond the <o:p></o:p></div>
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Strain<o:p></o:p></div>
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Of schedules<o:p></o:p></div>
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Of moments<o:p></o:p></div>
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Of knowing<o:p></o:p></div>
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A time of unknown<o:p></o:p></div>
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When paths cross <o:p></o:p></div>
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To tempt<o:p></o:p></div>
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Fate<o:p></o:p></div>
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Stepping to free<o:p></o:p></div>
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And light<o:p></o:p></div>
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Convictions<o:p></o:p></div>
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Hold true<o:p></o:p></div>
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In summer time<o:p></o:p></div>
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When tranquility<o:p></o:p></div>
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Builds trust <o:p></o:p></div>
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In the unknown <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
When fear <o:p></o:p></div>
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Subsides by the
sea<o:p></o:p></div>
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When destinations<o:p></o:p></div>
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And arrivals <o:p></o:p></div>
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Are not timed<o:p></o:p></div>
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Nor expected<o:p></o:p></div>
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But knowing<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
The unknown<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
As it is<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
The now<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
The present<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
Once future<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
Time<o:p></o:p></div>
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When clarity <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
Eases focus<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
And purpose <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
Arises<o:p></o:p></div>
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Soon to be <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
Past <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
And distant <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
Part of the <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
Known<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
When all<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
Is known<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
Leaving<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
Time to step<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
Again to the<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
Unknown<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
The now<o:p></o:p></div>
Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12089160847429622347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436840156832929812.post-84181117498486746162013-06-05T13:38:00.002-04:002013-06-05T13:38:58.592-04:00Intentions<br /><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Your intentions<br />Were hidden<br />Behind a wall<br />Of intention<br />Of which<br />You did not know<br />What it was<br />But your<br />Intention<br />Masked behind<br />Emotion<br />Behind guilt<br />Your intentions<br />Were not received<br />As they were<br />Sent<br />As they weren't<br />The intentions<br />Of them<br />As their<br />Intentions<br />Were different<br />Than the<br />Intentions<br />You meant</span>Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12089160847429622347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436840156832929812.post-27027453788831818592013-06-01T23:51:00.000-04:002013-06-01T23:51:07.559-04:00Four Months <span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Staring<br />Standing<br />On the cold bathroom<br />Tile<br />Searching the face<br />In the mirror<br />For what has<br />Changed<br />The years<br />Have been kind<br />But something has<br />Changed<br />The face is<br />Familiar<br />But it is not<br />True<br />Staring<br />Searching<br />The mirror<br />Has not<br />Lied<br />The face<br />Is not the same<br />Four months<br />Time<br />Is all it took<br />Four months<br />For it all to change<br />Eyes dark with<br />Shadow<br />Muscles forgotten how<br />To smile<br />Life has washed<br />Away<br />Joy remains<br />Walled<br />Behind the veil<br />And you<br />Simply Exist</span><br />
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Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12089160847429622347noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436840156832929812.post-27426146826787165292013-05-31T23:26:00.000-04:002013-05-31T23:26:10.055-04:00Eclipsed<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sometimes the sun </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Does not shine</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sometimes the sun</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dims from view</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just at the moment</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When you need it</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Most</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gone</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Eclipsed </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hidden in the recess</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Of time</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Without warning</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The brightly </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Burning orb</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Explodes into</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An impenetrable </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Abyss</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Leaving only</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shadow in its</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wake</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Like a death toll</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Calling for an end</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It has evaporated</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Into oblivion</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Into nothing</span><br />
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Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12089160847429622347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436840156832929812.post-29131469797244011242013-05-30T21:50:00.001-04:002013-05-30T21:50:05.527-04:00Crescendo <br />Our existence<br />Is silence<br />Between the folds<br />Of the unfolded<br />We reside<br />Watching flowers<br />Bloom<br />Under blue skies<br />Between the rustle<br />Of leaves<br />You can hear<br />The noiselessness<br />Of our nature<br />A cacophony<br />That envelops<br />Impenetrable<br />Impervious<br />To the thought<br />To the will<br />Of the outside<br />So we are<br />Cast aside<br />To live<br />In our existence<br />In silenceShawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12089160847429622347noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436840156832929812.post-11936210513302019052013-05-30T09:24:00.004-04:002013-05-30T09:25:20.902-04:00Steady<span style="background-color: color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Out in the cold</span></span><br />
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Morning Light</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When dew is</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Fresh upon the </span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Grass</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He stands with</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Resolve</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Breathing the </span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Crisp</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Morning</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sun</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Lilac scented</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Inspired</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He breaks</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Away</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">From the known</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Stepping with</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Deliberate</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">steady feet</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He releases</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Himself to </span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Unknown</span></div>
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<span style="background: color: #222222; font-family: Underwood1913; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>Standing
on a moment of <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background: color: #222222; font-family: Underwood1913; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>Indecision<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background: color: #222222; font-family: Underwood1913; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>A
thin chalk drawn<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background: color: #222222; font-family: Underwood1913; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>Line<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background: color: #222222; font-family: Underwood1913; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>Of
reality<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background: color: #222222; font-family: Underwood1913; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>Real
and not real<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background: color: #222222; font-family: Underwood1913; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>Over
which the heart ceases to beat<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background: color: #222222; font-family: Underwood1913; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>A pulse
of depth<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background: color: #222222; font-family: Underwood1913; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>A
pulse of life<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background: color: #222222; font-family: Underwood1913; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>Like
seeing <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background: color: #222222; font-family: Underwood1913; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>The
birds outside the <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background: color: #222222; font-family: Underwood1913; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>Prison
walls<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background: color: #222222; font-family: Underwood1913; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>Seeing
the open<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background: color: #222222; font-family: Underwood1913; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>Gate
and fighting the urge<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background: color: #222222; font-family: Underwood1913; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>To
Run<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background: color: #222222; font-family: Underwood1913; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>Out
into the light<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background: color: #222222; font-family: Underwood1913; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>Out
in to free<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background: color: #222222; font-family: Underwood1913; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>Out
in to the peace<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background: color: #222222; font-family: Underwood1913; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>The
subtle quiet<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><br /></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background: color: #222222; font-family: Underwood1913; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>Instead
I turn from the door<o:p></o:p></b></span><br />
<span style="background: color: #222222; font-family: Underwood1913; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>And walk slowly down the hall</b></span><br />
</div>
<br />Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12089160847429622347noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436840156832929812.post-85566689292742398422013-05-29T09:50:00.000-04:002013-05-30T10:14:25.429-04:00Canopy <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background-color: background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #222222; font-family: Underwood1913;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>In
the peace <o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background-color: background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #222222; font-family: Underwood1913;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Of
the forest<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background-color: background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #222222; font-family: Underwood1913;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>A
tree stands <o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background-color: background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #222222; font-family: Underwood1913;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Alone
Screaming<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background-color: background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #222222; font-family: Underwood1913;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Searching
Branches <o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background-color: background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #222222; font-family: Underwood1913;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Outstretched<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background-color: background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #222222; font-family: Underwood1913;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>For
sun</b></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12089160847429622347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436840156832929812.post-21960993394607343982013-05-29T08:09:00.000-04:002013-05-29T09:03:40.660-04:00Artichoke Eaters<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background: color: #222222; font-family: Underwood1913; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Surrounded
by love<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background: color: #222222; font-family: Underwood1913; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tender
and Kind<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background: color: #222222; font-family: Underwood1913; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Warm
and sweet<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background: color: #222222; font-family: Underwood1913; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Makes
for a lonely<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background: color: #222222; font-family: Underwood1913; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">View<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background: color: #222222; font-family: Underwood1913; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Of
the world<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background: color: #222222; font-family: Underwood1913; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Shadowed
in bright crispness<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background: color: #222222; font-family: Underwood1913; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Laughing
faces<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background: color: #222222; font-family: Underwood1913; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Split
open in<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background: color: #222222; font-family: Underwood1913; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Carnivorous
grins<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background: color: #222222; font-family: Underwood1913; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eating
hearts<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background: color: #222222; font-family: Underwood1913; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Of artichokes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
<br />Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12089160847429622347noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436840156832929812.post-441936116902787262013-05-27T22:58:00.000-04:002013-05-27T22:58:47.641-04:00Simplest <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="background: white; font-family: Mom´sTypewriter;">I
wanna be free<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="background: white; font-family: Mom´sTypewriter;">Free
to float on a distant <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="background: white; font-family: Mom´sTypewriter;">Dream<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="background: white; font-family: Mom´sTypewriter;">A
dream locked in reality<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="background: white; font-family: Mom´sTypewriter;">With
beautiful bliss<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="background: white; font-family: Mom´sTypewriter;">And
sunshine<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="background: white; font-family: Mom´sTypewriter;">Old
wood and <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="background: white; font-family: Mom´sTypewriter;">Threadbare
clothes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="background: white; font-family: Mom´sTypewriter;">I
dream such a dream<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="background: white; font-family: Mom´sTypewriter;">When
light streams<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="background: white; font-family: Mom´sTypewriter;">Through
simple windows<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="background: white; font-family: Mom´sTypewriter;">Falling
in beams of hope<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="background: white; font-family: Mom´sTypewriter;">Blossoming
simple love<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="background: white; font-family: Mom´sTypewriter;">In
faded jeans<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="background: white; font-family: Mom´sTypewriter;">Love
waits<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="background: white; font-family: Mom´sTypewriter;">And
lives<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I am
thinking of a time<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
will choose to live<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rather
than be defined<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By limitations<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
shackles that bind me<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Do
not define me<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But
the breath<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
breathe<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When
I am free <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To breathe<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Under
the Sun<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Without
constraints<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Without
bonds<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Without
suffocation<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If I
choose to leave<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If I
choose to stay<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
will not stay<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Because
of any fear<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
choose to <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Live<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Be
alive<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If I
am not alive here<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
will be alive elsewhere<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
want to<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rejoice
in the love<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rejoice
in the sun<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rejoice
in being alive<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
want to <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Be alive<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fly with
the birds<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Live with
the dolphins<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Become
a blade of grass<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bend with
the wind<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Be a
snowflake<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In midsummer
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Be a
grain of sand<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Blown
across the dunes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sway
in the breeze<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Be a
drop of rain<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
want to live<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
want to love<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Do
not fear<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The choices
I make<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Be
not defined <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By fear<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Live
and love</span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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