While you were away

People continued to want

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While you were away

People stressed over latte

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While you were away

People blamed the one percent

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While you were away

Wall Street didn’t miss a beat

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While you were away

Families ignored one another

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While you were away

Society forgot to mention

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The risk involved

The loss endured

The humanity destroyed

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We speak rarely of a certain reality

One the media voice won’t exploit

A truth that evades the common eye

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While you were away

People chose not to understand

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Haunted, windows might close.

Shadows to follow your mind’s

Memory, nightmares designed

Tears remain your real lows

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While you were away

Brother, sister, friend, foe

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We were told about you

Searching the grain of your …

That sheltered your once life in

Swathed cocoon like revues

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While you were away

People wail their goodbyes

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We soar with freedom, a Nation, a society

While eagle’s wings … restore our sanity!