Hiding

Are you so afraid
To dream the dream
I set before you

That you close your eyes
At night, and dream for
Less, only to find sleep

Aren't you now awake
Unable to find rest
Until the light pierces your lids

One, two, one two

Today is not
yesterday, I fear
it may be better

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What a joy

To be heard

Truly heard

What a wonder

To be known

Before speaking

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Overjoyed but currently overwhelmed

Listening to you speak I feel the pressure

Of being the man I felt I ought to be

When I met the woman I ought to be with

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All that is past has already passed on

Dead, deceased, unable to speak to us

All they have left us are words

For us to do with as we may

Being angry at the past for not being in our present

Is like being angry with the dead for not living on

Even if they left us with a surmounting task
It is our job to give life to their best wishes

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