From where comes strength?
From harsh words and beatings?
No, I say.
That awful way
Is naught but self-defeating.
It’s from within.
It grows with facing,
Facing me,
Reality,
Til it’s betterment I’m chasing.
We’re strong when we are scared,
But loving anyway.
Hurt, we heal.
Numb, we feel.
We want to flee… but stay.
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Am I the monster some might see
If granted glimpses into me?
They might say I’m “of a kind,”
Pass me by, and pay no mind;
Or given cause to raise a shout,
Make sure I know what I’m about,
Yet “they” are naught but static sound,
Critics who were not around
To see the changes I have made,
The ways I’ve grown, the price I’ve paid.
So let them their misleadings spout;
As for me, I hold no doubt
That, as far as I foresee,
I’ll be what I decide to be.
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What we find outside
Cannot heal what is inside.
Yet reversed, it works.
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A fire burns,
My Spirit learns,
My soul discerns,
My mind, it churns.
As my Heart yearns,
So Hope returns.
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May we find the Way,
and follow, no delay.
For we have gone astray
In what we do and say.
It’s fine for you to pray
If you have things to say,
But don’t decide to stay.
Rise up and join the fray.
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Love is not the same
As rolling over, yielding.
Love values Life, Growth.
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Rules are for bending,
And fences for mending.
Keep Love upward trending,
While sweet Mercy tending,
That what we are sending
May keep us ascending.
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Things of old give much,
Yet must not be used to flee
From what can be learned.
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As with thirsty ground
Or someone’s wilting garden,
One can always learn.
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Win or lose
The fight goes on.
Don’t be confused.
The fight goes on.
Since time began,
The fight goes on.
Now take your stand.
The fight goes on.
With battles won,
The fight goes on.
When we’re undone,
The fight goes on.
If you stumble,
The fight goes on.
Don’t you crumble.
The fight goes on.
Never fret.
The fight goes on.
Never forget,
The fight goes on.
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