We do know the songs

Lines keep us there

Bring us there

Remind us of their truth.

As a relatable lyric suggests

Our lives are interchangeable

With every arctic breeze

That sends shivers along our spine

A sudden fear of reckoning

That fraudulent composure

Exposed on a cool winter’s day

Feel it

As your skin begins to rise

From the heat of knowing

Your life is simple and free

Yet complicated by their truth.

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We will spend our time in reflection

The window is cool with nature’s frost

Outside the world continues to live

While inside our heart is feeling pain

Wandering amongst the souls of memory

Our lives in the balance, plodding on again

Yesterday seemed rather impossible

And yet today the sun arose again in marvel

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My family is with me

Everyday of my life

‘All my troubles seem so far away’ (john lennon)

When I have you by my side

Yet here I cry inside my mind

Wondering what purpose is left

Beyond the exhaustion

The need to employ

The desire to respond to social ills

In a manner that is satisfying

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I will grow through this moment sharply aware

Much like the many candles drawing me forward