Atsiylah Atty Garfinkel

</>Do you ever wonder about that 'road not taken'?
Where would you be if your path was the other?
If you had gone on that trip to Europe that year,
if you had gone with the band would you be another?
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Time passes by without concern for me.
Each tick rings a tock as it passes free.
Spring rains pass and summer's gone,
Fall and winter just keep moving on.
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Whispering,
Running,
Searching,
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A well meaning friend was here today,
'It's time to put your grief away
There are times when we are all sad,
but life's okay unless you make it bad.
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My grandmother always said we need to find the good in folks.
Some folks make it easier than others, but it is our job to seek.
She lived in a simpler time when kids learned right from wrong.
She lived in a time safe from preditors and pedifile freaks.
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Real life may not be a whirlwind romance.
Real life may not be running off to a hidden cabin.
Real life may not be a Cinderella fairy tail.
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We find ourselves limited by the roles we must play.
By the petty, the short sighted and the things that they say.

We were meant to be free to follow our hearts.
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At a picnic not long ago I saw a scene,
and as I've thought on what I saw
I've come to understand what it means.
Ants were marching across the sand,
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</>Up at 5 and start those chores.
Living a life that isn't yours?

Grab a shower and a bite.
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Do you think when you're walking on my heart?
Did you think we'd be better off apart?
Do you think that our love was meant to last?
Did you think we could overcome the past?
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I brush her hair off her forehead and kiss her goodnight.
'Sweet dreams for a sweet girl, don't let the bed bugs bite.'
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Civilized,
dignified,
wrapped up in historic lies.
How can a war be civil - when war is far from civilized?
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That first day I walked in the door
I sat in the first class waiting to absorb.
To absorb knowledge that would be fed to me with a spoon,
But I was at the wrong place for that, I was in the wrong room.
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When I die and am gathered unto my people,
if I can I'll look down from time to time.
I'll see how you are doing in this life,
but I know you'll be just fine.
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I'll send you kisses every night,
You will see them in the nights sky.
A kiss is a dot of my love,
painted in the night sky above.
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My dearest darling,
When you feel hurt talk to me.
When you think you're alone,
please come and see me.
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</>Imagine if you will, a people condemned to die.
Imagine oppressors, vile and beastly creatures.
Imagine innocent children asking simply 'Why? '
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The fire crept its way down the hillside.
We stood and watched in horror.
It lapped and danced towards our valley.
Towards the sun the smoke did soar.
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I was thrown off a horse awhile ago.
I was badly hurt and nearly died.
I grieved for the wounds I received.
For a very long time I didn't ride.
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I need heart surgery, I think perhaps I must.
That's what you do when you've a broke part.
You go to the doctor to have it fixed or made new.
I'll have them cut open my chest and give me a heart.
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