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IF IT COMES TO YOU

 

If it comes to you

The hard way

No pain spared

It calls to you

            A sweet song of forgiveness

            For the short span

            For hopes splattered

            Heart drops on the floor

            Falling one by one

            Long after the long sleep

            Looking up questioning the meaning

            Of all that effort

            Of love given and received

            Of truth against lies

            Of gifts and sacrifice.

Then it comes back to you

Yes, the hard way

All joy imparted

Stays in their hearts

At least until the last day –

Have seen that, in person –

And there is your purpose –

You need no more.

            You can want more

            Push yourself day by day

            More of the daylight

            Sun, the shore, the night sky

            The embrace of a loved one

            The laugh you feel

            Watching kids play

            The glimmer of understanding

            That brightens each day            

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