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INSIGNIFICANT I READ BETWEEN THE LINES TO GET TO THE TRUE MEANING YET STILL IT ELUDES MY ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND COMPREHENSION OF MY LIFE AND MY PURPOSE THERE-IN ESCAPES FROM MY GRASP AS IF IT WERE A GRAIN OF SAND WASHED AWAY IN THE TIDE OF THE CHAOS THAT ENGULFS ME NO TRACE OF ME REMAINS FOR THE FUTURE TO SEE HERE FOR A TIME THEN GONE, INSIGNIFICANT I AM HERE FOR A TIME THEN GONE FOREVER INSIGNIFICANT, AS I AM THE SHELL OF THIS MAN LAY WEATHERED AND BEATEN AGAINST THE STORM THAT HAS RAGED THROUGH HIS LIFE PROMISE AND PROGRESS FOR A TIME WAS THE DREAM NOW HIS FAITH HAS FADED AWAY LIKE THE SPIRIT OF THE MAN THAT HE MAY ONCE HAVE BEEN … SCATTERED, TATTERED, AND TORN, FALLEN AND BROKEN NOT A HOPE IN THIS WORLD, NO PRAYER LEFT UNSPOKEN UNANSWERED YES, IF THE TRUTH IS TO BE TOLD FACING THE MIRROR TO RELEASE MYSELF FROM THE LIES THAT HAVE TAKEN HOLD OF ME WASHED AWAY IN THE TIDE OF THE CHAOS THAT SURROUNDS ME NO TRACE OF ME WILL REMAIN FOR THE FUTURE TO SEE HERE FOR A TIME THEN GONE, INSIGNIFICANT I AM HERE FOR A TIME THEN GONE FOREVER, INSIGNIFICANT, YES I AM

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Date: 3/14/2012 8:09:00 AM
Good morning ;-) micheal so hard to read between the lines sometimes easy to fall by the wayside , thank you for sharing your wonderful poem. Have yourself a good one*always~pd"
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