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It's the Life of a Man

It’s a pain I could not sharpen The worst feeling I could not pen A failure I could not champagne The more wine I drown 30’000 feet below my cloud nine Overcast by its golden shine Awash by black rain By His divine Eye could not be seen But I’ll rise again And steam ahead my engine Dark is the night Bloodied is the fight Black is the light Left is all that was right I’ll face all that is vein Spice all that is plain All my mistakes realign Heart I’ll regain With renewed strength to move mountains For better or worst took my women She then took my children My perfect life was stolen What love gave me in return Was even... ...more pain! It’s a shock that could not be spoken Suffering that could not be taken A loss that could not be bitten You just cannot begin to imagine I was broken But I changed into the fast lane Launched this tired airplane On an uplifting campaign Steamed ahead my engine And rose again ‘cos I know no matter what comes, I can You Just got to make a plan ...it’s the life of a man Sponsor John lawless Contest Name ...And THEN I opened THAT door

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Date: 6/17/2015 2:37:00 PM
Thabang, you write from the soul, love is beauty & pain. thank you for sharing this..... deep. Always & Forever ~LINDA~
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Thabang Ngoma
Date: 6/17/2015 3:37:00 PM
Hi Linda...thank you for the complement, it's just hard being a man, but we've got to persevere...rgds, Tbang

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