mouths of the great poets
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speak with their words
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rhyme and sing song not enough
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thin line between heart and mind often blurred
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i am a simple man
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no poet or cantor to impress
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small talk and slow burn
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heart of largesse
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many of you, poets extraordinaire
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pen eloquent, jeweled decrees
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smiles and love splatter as rain
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birthing flight for minds to see
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tis the heartache and pain
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sorrows to extol
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offering sweet bitter tears
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to flow from our soul
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experience poisons the pure
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stains the innocent heart
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we love, we give, we hurt, we bleed
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every nuance creates a spark
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a song for those who mourn
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hope in a world war-torn
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my own heart misses the mark
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bleeding strength, seeing only dark
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hope never fades
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though trust is stripped
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we are creatures of love
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not actors in a script
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history written through choices we make
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trodding this spinning ball of land and lake
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across the desert sand
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beneath the burning sun
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if my legs weaken
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on hands and knees i run
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every ounce of strength
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is worth the knowing
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i am here for you
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swim to the moon
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fly the ocean
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testimony of my devotion
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who said out of sight out of mind
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not when love is spoken
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open hearts washed from above
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we friends put LOVE back into love
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from faithful lips come vows unbroken
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rare in an age when lies are spoken
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more than words, imagine this
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we CAN live like heaven exists
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every word, every thought, every deed
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springs forth life from a tiny seed
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eyes of faith, heart to see
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delivers me from strategy
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fresh wind of reason
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stirs the gifts within
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do we believe in our unbelief
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eyes in the back of our head can persuade
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with every emotion, doubt assails
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for the moment, mercy has swayed
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peer into the mirror
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what do we see
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what’s left of the child
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hiding behind our eyes
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we long to be laughing
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in places of light
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knowing the morning
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will follow the night
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elements of earth
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deep abyss/heaven above
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we weather well
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in a climate of love
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our fires blaze within
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consume but do not burn
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peace can be heard
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in the breath of each morn
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faith delivers me from strategy
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of endless clever thinking
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no need to walk on water
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or fear the boat is sinking
