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Block of truth

Word can sharp an quiet like a breeze.   

Wird ore harsh an rough like the sand we walk in  

Word are a breath of trust an lie.  

Word can often Hurt but they speak sudol Truth to heart.  

The word we speak can last a generation or millunium through are word an test that spread from them. 

For sometime the hardest truth is from the word of the heart.   

There sudal an deep.   

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Jumping The Gun

Just because I've learnt to swim underwater,
Doesn't mean I can live without breathing.
Just because I can walk on the surface,
Doesn't mean I can't slip and start sinking.

If I don't look in the mirror,
Doesn't mean my face has changed.
If I start at the beginning,
Still I have to reach the end.

Just because there is a meaning
Doesn't mean I understand (or know it).
Just because the...

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Where Are You Now?

Are you sleeping in my bed, tonight?
I know you're with my friends,
But that's alright.

There's a message I would send
If I could find you.
But you're more than lost to me,
You're hiding.

Are you curious about my life?
I know it's very late,
And you are tired.

There's something you should know
If you wanted.
But you're probably too far out
To hear me.

Are you angry, about how...

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