The sensing mind and heavy heart;
how life has distanced them apart.
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What is it you want from me,
what have I to boast?
Forgive me if I don't have
what it is you want the most.
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in the mirror I see
what worry's done to me;
tears stain my face
until its beauty's abased.
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when the clouds fade and night awakes
we wait by the muddy stream where the reeds grew
and the graceful crane flew.
away from the congestion of the city
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The lovely woman is just the fish, going downstream.
When she looks, water is all that she sees.
And the hungry man is only the bear, searching for food.
While he lives, a meal is all that he needs.
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I could swallow a sea of comparisons
And gain fifty pounds of worry,
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Thrown it all away
No way to be recovered
Claim not to miss it
But it’s dearly missed
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This spiritual suffering
Has dragged me through thistles
My skin has been pierced
On sharpened thorns
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Like swimming to the surface
With swift strokes
to be envied
And penetrating the waters
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A perfect husband he's been,
completely faithful to the very end,
but I have not been able to surrender
my entirety to him.
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