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Depart

Have you perhaps, held on too long

to the place you call home?

Have you let too much time slip by,

avoiding the unknown?

 

It’s hard not to be scared of change,

it happens naturally.

The risk of taking chances, yes

it’s pure anxiety.

 

But staying in this place is death,

you’re meant to rise and grow.

Your heart is meant to be your guide,

trust it and just le...

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changechanceriskmake a changetake a risk

The Winds Of Change

I’ve never liked the winds of change

they bring the cold and driving rain,

destroying what was calm and warm

and leaving nothing but the storm.

 

They make me have to rise and flee

to higher ground for my safety.

Then when they’re done I’m left again

to find new space I can fit in.

 

And oh the work, it brings me down

exhausted, humbled to the ground.

Yet in the...

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changedealing with change

One Change

I wish I could teach the world one simple thing,

then pray that they grasp it and start following.

 

Because it would change every outcome to be,

dispel all the darkness and set the soul free.

 

‘Twould make everything we do under the sun

a pure joy to do just because of this one

 

simple change that has nothing to do with the things

that we spend our time doing,...

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changepurpose

Walk Away

I wonder.

I wonder.

I wonder why it goes.

I deny it,

try to fight it

against the way it flows.

 

I ignore it,

I deplore it,

try to push it far away.

But I fear it,

I'm too near it

and it haunts me every day.

 

For circling in the skies are things

I wish I could disguise,

that melt to crystal teardrops

and it makes me realize -

 

that I’m p...

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