It was miles and miles of open road
In a world so far away
Whence I set out to find my own abode
Where my soul could finally stay
And I travelled so far with no other thought
Than to never more go astray
Month: March 2026
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Dreams
What dreams we have and how they fly
Just beyond our reach
They keep us looking at the sky
Eyes off of our feet
We trip and fall or hit a wall
Give our hearts and lose it all
End in hard defeat
With nothing left but bravely try
To stand within the breach
What dreams we have and how they fade
Just when we get near
Drawn by the shine of gold and jade
Feel success is sure
They slip away and faith betray
Into the dying of the day
Slamming of a door
But true hope though worn out and frayed
Will never disappear
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Risk
Take a risk and
Run with it
Once you’ve chosen
Don’t back down
Follow it through
To the end
It’s okay then
To turn around
It doesn’t mean
That you failed
You always learn
Something new
You’re further now
Than before
Now you know what
You need to do
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Turning Back the Clock
Tick tock goes the clock
Every hour losing power
Tock tick with a click
One chime backward time
Hands toward backward
Moving wrong every dong
Rewind til you find
One chime backward time
Strike four, in the door
Of the house came the mouse
Strike three, here ran he
One chime backward time
Strike two, up he flew
Scamper, stop, at the top
Strike one, down he did run
One chime backward time
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Broken Road
I set out to find my way
Many years ago
I stumbled, fell so many times
There’s one thing I know
That every road I traveled down
Took me forward, further on
No matter just how lost I was
There always came the dawn
I look back on all the time
It took to get here
I wish I could have seen the plan
Through each long, hard year
But I just smile on days long gone
All the things I’ve seen and done
And turn to face the road ahead
Always toward the sun
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Darkest Hour
No one else feels this hurting pain
That pummels at me from within
No one else knows the sheer despair
Of getting stuck alone again
No one else hears the cries for help
So silent in this agony
No one else sees the deep regret
That this again is destiny
But I can feel the ray of hope
That warms me through the waves of pain
But I can know that I will rise
When I get through the storm again
But I can hear the bells of love
Chime faintly through the din of hate
But I can see that just one day
Does not determine my life’s fate
I can’t avoid the storms of life
Or dodge the rain from every cloud
But in it, if I listen, still
Hope will rise and sing aloud
