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A LIFE THAT'S LIVED by Brandy Jean Pryor We live life for the fight Never knowing if we are right We just take off and go Not knowing if we are darkening our soul Living for only tomorrow Brings us only turmoil and deep sorrow Live in the now as the Buddhists say To ward off premonitions of each future day Feel as you feel Understand you will heal To know why emotions shine through Figure it out so as to find the complex being that is you Not to take that harshly or directed only your way The complexity I speak of is the truth of all humanity Born with such wonder and belief But we grow fearful, cynical and are driven by grief We each know and love who we are inside Until someone knows what's better for you so they take the wheel to drive Never are we taught right from wrong We feel compassion and guilt within us like a worn out old record song That we listen to and listen to, to try to understand The truth begins somewhere,. Retrace your steps, find alone where you stand. Blessed with free will so as not always to obey But then we are taught by our parents to always do as they say It all seems so confusing, contradictory to say the least So what is truly right, whose beliefs do we preach? Forget the beliefs of others. The knowledge resides in you We are all the center of our own universe so you alone know the path for you that's true Knowledge is power. Put yours to the test. Expand your imagination, wake your mind’s eye from its rest. Discover yourself as a young, poor, small, scared child Return to being that perfect, innocent being for awhile Find wonder and awe in everything around Ask why, why, why to every adult that is found Forget the destination, live life to do what's wrong In the end just dance to your own rhythm even though we are all listening to the same song.
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