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Small and silver feel the bite,
on this stark cold dreary night.
Run a line across my arm;
watch the razor work its charm.
A river of red courses to the floor,
As I shiver more and more.
A stream of tears flow from my eyes,
not from grief, but last good-byes.
It’s not your fault, don’t blame yourself.
I’m the one who’s in this mess.
I tried so hard to just be me.
But in the end, I was never free.
Life is hard, the pain was short.
I just wanted to take the easy way out.
Now my mind it starts to fade,
And I know that it’s my last day.
As I close my eyes, this one last time,
I say my final, last good-bye.
Her life was getting too complex
As she is feeling more perplexed
Holding that sharp razor blade
A tough decision must be made
If she should just start forgetting
The lonely life she had been living
Trying to pull far away
From her past to live another day
Or take the easy way out
Cutting veins until blood spouts
Like rain when it begins to pour
And she lays lifeless on the floor
With the blade in her shaking hand
She tries so hard to understand
Why she made the wrong decision
Putting her in this situation
Her mind starts racing to the time
She put her whole life on the line
By saying no like she was taught
Not letting herself get so caught
And trapped with such bad influence
Knowing she just blew the chance
To walk away and not do dope
And live a life of dreams and hope
She knows this chance might now be gone
And the risk of hanging on
Is her decision now to make
She’s confused which road to take
She has no more strength to fight
Until she sees a brilliant light
Shining down on her so bright
With a voice so soft and low
Saying it’s not time to go
I traveled the road of ease till I could not any more
It left bad memories and disenchantment
Not able to hold my head high and see the wrong
I came to a fork in my path, I sat and pondered
Which pathway shall I chose to go?
Down the well-traveled path knowing what lay there?
To certain disappointment and heartache?
Many have traveled this path unhappily
You can see them along the way sitting there
Just existing, not living at all, broken
Looking down the less traveled path
I don’t see anyone along the way, curious
I set out down the pathway to see why
I came upon a sign that read
You are worthy never doubt it
Hmmm, plodding along I went on
I encountered kindly old gentleman
He looks up saying to me
“I see you made it my dear.”
Confused I asked did he know me
“Yes my dear I have watched you struggle,
Guided you along the way, carried you
When the burdens too heavy for you”
Seeing I was still confused he continues
“Many take the easy way out and follow the crowd
But you in your time of need followed
The less traveled pathway, I will guide you
As long as you stay on this pathway”
It dawned on me who he was
I had forgotten so much of what I learned
God didn’t forget me but guided me
He put me on the road less traveled
To keep me safe in his love for me.
The Easy Way Out
(Verse 1)
I'm breaking this chain
Toughing it out
Through the pain and the rain
I get on my grind
Hoping one day it'll change
Sometimes seems like
Situations the same
Working you work real hard
At these dead end jobs
Then ,finally take a stand
Grab the paper
Write down a plan
Got the upper hand
I raised it high
Know with the man above
Is listening in the sky
He'll help me get by
When it feels like a drought
One thing about it
Don't want the easy way out
(Chorus )
Wake up every morning
Trying to figure out
What this thing called life
Is all about
Don't want everything given to me
Want to earn mine
Grant me the serenity
I don't want all of the hand outs(no hand outs)
I will not take the easy way out
(Verse 2)
Here I go
Tired of the struggle
Lord help me out
Make it double
Double the blessings
Lesser I'm stressing
You said the teacher talking
Well I'm learning my lesson
I'm taking heed
All i`m trying to do
Is really succeed
By any means necessary
I'm going to get it
I'll do everything I'll never quit it
I'll relive it
Get over my pass
It's a true saying
Trouble don't last
Listen please
Hear me out
Don't always take the easy way out (out)
Chorus )
Wake up every morning
Trying to figure out
What this thing called life
Is all about
Don't want everything given to me
Want to earn mine
Grant me the serenity
I don't want all of the hand outs(no hand outs)
I will not take the easy way out
Hook
Every body
Should want
To do better
And if you don't
Get it together
Don't just look for handouts
Don't always look for the easy way out
Every body
Should want
To do better
And if you don't
Get it together
Don't just look for handouts
Don't always look for the easy way out
Chorus )
Wake up every morning
Trying to figure out
What this thing called life
Is all about
Don't want everything given to me
Want to earn mine
Grant me the serenity
I don't want all of the hand outs(no hand outs)
I will not take the easy way out
Repeat until chorus fades
Written by:Concetta Hardnett
4/12/2016
Harvard, Princeton or Yale?
I'll take some courses by mail
Engineering or Mathematics?
I'm majoring in Acrobatics
Piano, Violin, Flute or Clarinet?
I'll play my music on the Internet
Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton or Dickens?
Give me a J.K. Rowling tale of Wiccans
Pheasant under Glass with Caviar?
Slice of pizza and fries with that, sir
Sparkling wine, Liqueur or Pink Champagne?
Make mine tapwater -- plain
Mansion or Penthouse Condominium?
A dreary shack, the bare minimum
Representative or Parliamentary Democracy?
Socialist Republic, where everything's given to me
Life offers you choices, let there be no doubt
The worst thing you can do is take the easy way out
I’ll never be her,
I’ll never be the girl who wakes up and looks effortlessly beautiful,
I’ll never be the girl who has perfect lashes,
And a perfect blowout 24/7,
I’ll never get straight A’s without trying,
Because that’s just not who I am,
I’m not the girl who has guys fighting for her,
Or who gets compliments from every passing stranger,
I’m not,
And honestly I don’t think I ever will be,
But that’s okay,
I may not have guys complimenting my looks,
Or my outfits,
But I do have others things,
I get acknowledged for being kind, funny, athletic,
I get good marks because I put in an effort,
I don’t take the easy way out,
Because I have integrity,
I don’t take short cuts,
Or Loop holes,
I value hard work,
And I learned at a young age that for me at least, doing things the easy way,
Doesn’t make me happy,
But for her,
I don’t know,
She might enjoy cheating off of others because then she can stay out partying,
She might value being a puck bunny, because her looks are the most impressive thing about her,
She may even get plastic surgery because working out was too much work,
I don’t know,
And I will never know,
Because I will never be her,
I am proud of who I am and I will never change myself to become her,
I enjoy going to bed at 1am because I’m laughing on call with a friend, not because I’m out partying,
I enjoy spending days studying,
But also getting outside and playing a sport,
I value my relationships with others, and make sure I keep in touch with my friends, family, and colleagues,
I may have a basic life style,
You may even call it nerdy,
But that’s not the way I see it,
In my world,
It’s everything I need,
And everything I want,
To her it may not be much,
She may think I’m missing out on my teenage years,
But to me,
It’s perfect,
It’s the lifestyle I knew I’d be living right now,
The kind of life where I am proud of myself,
I get to do things that I enjoy
I am social,
Athletic,
And live life to the fullest
So yes,
I am not her,
I’m me,
And that’s exactly how it should be
("Citadel of Light Merit Badge" #67, 2016, original pen and ink)
Gratitude
The first noble truth of this world
is that life is full of suffering
- even when we think it’s pleasurable –
and in one form or another it's simply part of living.
But that doesn’t mean we’re trapped in it,
there are other noble truths after all…
but it helps to know suffering is a given
and take our lives forward from there.
The question then becomes
what is the best path
and the answer is different for each of us
at different points of our life.
Sometimes we don’t see so well what lies ahead
where our actions and intentions lead
what the fruit of it all will be
and so we choose poorly.
It’s easy to take the easy way out
in the face of suffering and hardship
that’s the path of resentment and envy
the slippery slope that leads us down.
Gratitude is the antidote of course
but it’s not so easy
yet it can begin at any time
even in the midst of suffering.
It’s not like gratitude will remove our suffering
although it may at times
it’s more like it can elevate it
into something meaningful even transcendent.
No matter where we are,
at rock bottom or peak
it’s possible to appreciate that life itself is the biggest gift
and gratitude always the appropriate response.
(12/3/23)
I dropped out of high school in August of 1986.
In 1993, that was a mistake that I decided to fix.
I was only fifteen years old when I dropped out.
When I ask people not to make my mistake, there is no doubt.
I studied from April of 1993 to June of 1995 and it was very cool.
I studied for twenty-six months until I graduated from high school.
Some people mistook my diploma for a GED but it's not.
I didn't take the easy way out like those people thought.
I became a high school graduate thirty years ago today.
Don't drop out of school like I did because it's not okay.
(I graduated from high school thirty years ago today on June 21, 1995)