Seems we long to turn the corner,
for a new start in life we yearn.
Leaving today to start afresh,
find now there is a bridge to burn.
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I saw it snowing I thought today
the sun was shining bright.
Then I turned for a second look
something did not seem right.
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I happened once upon a bird
a frightened little thing.
It’s twisted body laying there
with badly broken wing.
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Walked into a dim-lit bar room.
I just had to get away.
I'd said so much already and,
had much more I'd like to say.
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When Angel’s who behold God’s face
behold the face of man,
seeing us as God intended;
those entrusted with The plan.
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Anna set her dollies in the chairs
to serve them tea at table.
There was Peggy, Claire and little Rose,
and her newest dollie Mable
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I left my heart in West Virginia
at the tender age of nine years old.
For a place somewhere up in Ohio
where there were jobs Daddy had been told.
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Sometimes I look in the mirror
and I'm shocked at what I see.
I wonder who that Lady is
who is staring back at me.
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In times like these many years ago
this sad mountain tale began.
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I looked into her bedroom
while on late rounds that night.
She sat there in her rocker
bathed in a golden light.
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