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.