TAR

Scenes from my life are filled with glimpses of truth

Ripped from the annals of a misspent youth

Not misspent because of opportunities wasted

But from the delusion that all that was served should be tasted

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From the starving angel to the sermon on the mount

I refused to accept what this life was all about

It was not the toil that led to the land milk and honey

Because some people are so poor that all they have is money

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It was knowing that regardless of my knowledge and conviction

All I ever desired just fed an addiction

To satisfy my pain and my thoughtless wisdom

Which I had to let go of to find the keys to the kingdom

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For the throne of lies is easily built

It’s full of greed and cleverness, lust and guilt

All the vices in the world and the world has many

Could not help me discover this one epiphany

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That the pathway which leads to the abundance of light

Is darkest when you are no longer confused, or fight

Your eyes open greater than ever in the dark

Where values that fill the soul leave their mark

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You forget all the times you felt strong but were weak

Until tinctures of joy remind you you’ve peaked

Like leaves that turn brown and sail earthward in autumn

One finds oneself when looking up from the bottom

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To know one’s self is the greatest deception

Because change is constant there is no such perception

Of knowing the person in the mirror is you

For reflections are all the other colors taken from view

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And absorbed into time is the one from before

That you used to call you and now is no more

Save the little that shines to guide you on your way

To a bold new future, half a righteousness away

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