Glance through open window and notice for a minute
The empty hollow feature of road, already traversed
Yet today showing only a path that leads away
Such loneliness is difficult to describe much less
Hang onto to remind one’s self later on when that time
Might return to haunt the soul that beckons forgiveness
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We each do carry a mighty shield of armor that protects
Our identity from becoming vulnerable, for with each moment
Aren’t we often able to recognize that there is a Beauty?
In being the one that seems chosen to anticipate such moral dilemma
Our lives are carved out by the actions that exist around us
And just how we respond to the moments that define our world
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Yet tonight, as I imagine my world as being alone, and disconnected
I suddenly feel an urge to be sheltered and held and showered with love
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I suppose the story cannot end in such a typical ordinary fashion
We all want love that’s the truth – even in our most unkind times
Our lives are centered upon a desire to be fulfilled to reach that
Pinnacle, that suggestion of time that remains centered in the balance
While seeing an empty road ahead of us might give us a moment of pause
To question those motives that seemingly leave us falling behind
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We are a passionate flock of that human condition that seeks out answers
Within ourselves only when forced to recognize our vulnerable identity
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Measure a man by their material gains and they have a selective presentation
Of trophies and honors and badges and decorative design of self liberty
Measure a man by their political gains and they have a selective constituency
Of passionate and heartfelt followers that someday will represent legacy
Measure a man by their spiritual gains and they have a selective peace of mind
That shows itself in tattered lines of thoughtful process and God loving analogy
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Woman will be that thoughtful glance that leads our minds to occupy and delight
To imagine that our world exists only to be in the pleasure of their eyes
For they are truly Beauty, and grace and elegance and panache and a romantic
Reasoning to recognize all man’s worthy drives our minds will seek upon
Passionate fortune is the peace of mind that any one individual may visualize
When trying to ascertain a goal they haven’t quite figured upon with confidence
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She is the nature of that travel down the lonely road that seeing ahead is a path
Contains the many avenues beyond edges of the forest green that shelter our lives