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When you ask me
if you will be happy,
my son,
I say yes
because that is how I want you to be,
but I look at the world
and I remain awake
although I hide my fear.
Life is hard I warn you,
but if...
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Lapse of Sanity
by MrDaMan
Virgil R. Hall II (Randy)
Paths of darkness in the imagination,
trails of paranoia and fear.
The little voice in your head says;
"Dont look...
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I wish this baby, flannel, oatmeal, bells,
Balloons a kite, a bike, a cat, a phone .
I wish her tryouts, outfits, ocean swells
And dances, love notes, babies of her own.
But dare I wish...
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by Paul Laurence Dunbar
In a bizarre coincidence, I learned that my 100 year old Grandmother just passed away on the same day that I was making this.
ERE sleep comes down to soothe the weary...
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Your daddy can do many things for you,
Yet there is one he can't, it seems.
Alone, alone, you must alone
Go find the land of dreams.
And I have taught you many things, but this
May be the...
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To change my life today,
I'll not ignore injustice;
covet what I haven't got;
repress or
pity myself,
placate,
plot.
I can,
no matter what I've done before,
create the person
that I want...
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They toddle.
It's a phase.
Each used to crawl.
They watch and try and
master how to climb.
A little more they'll learn
with every fall.
Soon each will run.
They'll speak in their own time....
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The woods grow smaller every year. My leaves
Fall green and withered. Bitter water stings
My shrinking roots. Yet I am Laurel still.
I am the tree that one time was a maid,
But that was long...
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Depression,
grief,
the sinking pit of "Why?"
Fate's wheel turned down.
As I remember
when misfortune struck,
defeat or worse
how I betrayed myself,
I chant "If only...then."
Elation,
...
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