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The Only Way

I yearn to tell you what I know
But I am lost to find the perfect way,
So come and view the truths I'll show.
You'll see beyond our concept of today.

Talk to the homeless on the street,
Some are happy and the rest are mad.
You can give and praise and wash their feet.
Still, only some are thankful for what they've had.

Rich are the gracious, even without much.
They will prosper and are filled with love,
Joy, kindness, and the divine touch.
The true gifts from up above.

Come see this mother with her young one.
She will love, nurture, and be ever fair.
Still he rebels, thinking that he's won.
She struggles because the father is never there.

She thinks he's to blame and this may be true,
But not in the entirety of her life.
She needs strength, to endure what he's put them through.
To erase her and her son's stagnant strife.

Now we see this smiling, young, and clever man.
Looking for love and settles too soon.
Always devising his brand new plan
To get a girl and make her swoon.

Now he is not selfish, he is just alone.
Never looking to hurt a soul.
I just hope he is soon shown
A way to make his saddened heart whole.

Now lets move to physics, we've all heard
That every action returns and equal and opposite one.
That means if you recklessly abuse that bird,
Your prosperity has lessoned and the negatives have begun

Karma is what I like to call it,
God's punishment is what others say.
But labels are not what's most important.
There's nothing but kindness that matters today.

Do well towards all and good will come.
Even in not the most obvious ways.
This is what I've seen and what I've won;
My indebted lessons are what I'll continue to pay.

Don't let your words or actions be in vein.
Let yourself be completely whole.
You'll never deal with embarrassment or be shamed
And you're heart will never turn into coal.

Live in love. It's the only way!

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