Measure the moment we respond

to that which attracts our eye

skies may be cloudy beyond

while we examine questions why.

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While we examine questions why

our eyes will well up in a flash

a quick glance a memory we espy

our soul-searching ringlet sash

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our soul-searching ringlet sash

provides a lofty circumstance

one hopes may quick to dash

tying bonds our lives by chance.

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tying bonds our lives by chance

we walk inside a dream as child

step out without an easy glance

to know today we’re now the wild

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to know today we’re now the wild

asked to be what we might lend

somewhat less now, more the child

yet that is all we might defend.

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A cloudy wind-swept afternoon in May,

I recall this moment just another way.