On Golden Pond

From the time 
I was a little child I began
To discover my feelings 
And then forgot the way
Then I lost who was someone 
I held so close to me
I am now searching 
For what I had before

I can't find 
What I'm looking for 
If what I'm looking for 
Is not meant to be mine
If I find 
What I'm looking for 
Will what I'm looking for 
Be what I need it to be
And be the same 
To keep me sane
Oh be the same 

And it might be 
My only hope
I need my pain to go away

Feelings that cost me 
All that I am

Oh how do I see you 
When will I know you
Oh when will you lead me 
To find my way home

The more that I hunt you 
The more that I run through
The more that these feelings 
Will find who I am

For who I am 
Is what I am 
And doesn't matter 
much to anyone 
To which I call at all

Then in the moment I come to know 
That you have gone nowhere
That I've spent my life hopelessly
Searching for it again

I have been looking 
Wanting that feeling
That hasn't left.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016


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Date: 7/21/2017 2:04:00 PM
Thank you for your expressions of wanting. which we all seem to be searching. Great wording.
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Date: 7/17/2016 1:29:00 AM
Such self searching honesty! Being numb is such a cop out from truth. Thanks it is beautiful
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Mike Jones
Date: 8/9/2016 8:38:00 AM
Thanks Jannie!
Date: 6/12/2016 5:31:00 AM
For the Contest: On Golden Pond
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