Running Away From Mariposa
Standing in the meadow
Looking up at old Half Dome
Watching deer meandering
Across the front porch of their home.
So many years ago
When the Indians still were there
And the great Winona redwood
Could be driven through if you dare
The times were so much simpler
And the living was so free
When the life of a little boy
Was all that it could be.
Seems I've spent a lifetime
Looking for a better way to be
When Mariposa was just waiting
For me to come back and be me.
Indeed I've spent most of my life,
A lifetime running away
Trying to be what I wasn't,
A mask and a part to play.
Trying to be this one and that one
Running away from seeds that were sown
Breaking deals and breaking hearts
Even at last my own.
So I offer this advice
To those whose heart is achin',
Go right on and just be yourself,
Everyone else is taken.
by E. Marshall Evans
Copyright © Ed Evans | Year Posted 2014
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