A Dream for Humanity

A bit more understanding

A lot less hate and greed

A little more attention

To those who are in need

The end of needless hunger

For those who do without

A world where we all live as one

Is what I dream about

Where every weapon is put down

And wars forever cease

Where foes embrace their enemies

And build a lasting peace

I dream of faith that lies within

Its truth found in the soul

Of every pilgrim searching

For their own place or role

Unfettered by religion

Or by some rules of state

Where how we live our daily lives

Determines our own fate

For what we do is who we are

And in the starlight’s gleam

We are children in this garden

Who try to live the dream

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Lost

I’ve been listening for your footsteps

I’ve been waiting for your call

I’ve spent far too many mornings

Sitting staring at this wall

The one I built between us

That cannot be torn down

So, I walk these empty hallways

But you’re nowhere to be found

There are shadows in each doorway

There are echoes in my head

And the memories of someone

Or something long since dead

I’ve been chasing endless rainbows

Looking for that pot of gold

But I always find them empty

I’m alone, so lost and cold

I’ve been playing all those sad songs

I’ve been longing for a friend

Not that far from where I started

So much closer to the end

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Bruises and Lumps

Life is a series

Of bruises and lumps

A long, winding road

Filled with wrong turns and bumps

The maps are outdated

Left behind by the last

Who traveled before us

With clues from the past

Following footsteps

Of pilgrims before

In search of their Mecca

On some foreign shore

Searching for freedom

They bravely set sail

Knights on some mission

In a quest for their grail

We stand on a bridge

But nobody jumps

Wounded and bleeding

From the bruises and lumps

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Morning Funk

My heart is filled with sadness
My eyes are filled with tears
From witnessing the madness
I seen through all these years
I’m hardened by the coldness
The human heart can hold
Sickened by their boldness
And quickly growing old
Compassion is a dying art
And no one seems to care
The world has somehow lost its heart
And no one wants to share
So, my heart is slowly breaking
From these thoughts inside my head
It’s a feeling I’m not shaking
I may just give up instead

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Mama

You gave to me the gift of life
The first that you would give
You taught me how to read and write
And showed me how to live
I learned from your example
What we were meant to be
Your strength and loving kindness
Were passed along to me
We’ve stood beside each other
In the sunshine and the rain
Through every tribulation
We shared the joy and pain
The best friend my entire life
You’re all that I could want
My steadfast, strong foundation
My lifelong confidant
And every time I turn to you
I always seem to see
Deep inside your loving heart
That you still carry me

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Battlefield

As it was in the beginning

And is until this day

There’s always been a battle

It’s just the human’s way

Brother against brother

Drowning in the flood

Dying isn’t noble

Wine is turned to blood

Chorus

It’s just another battlefield

Another killing ground

The days are filled with darkness

With dying all around

The nights go on forever

Just waiting on the sun

A new day, a new battle

A fight that can’t be won

Freedom isn’t free they say

The gain is worth the cost

That depends on who is counting

And what they may have lost

A candle in the window

A ribbon in the yard

A single flag-draped coffin

The loss hits home so hard

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It’s just another battlefield

Another killing ground

The days are filled with darkness

With dying all around

The nights go on forever

Just waiting on the sun

A new day, a new battle

A fight that can’t be won

We heard all of their reasons

We listened to their lies

We measured all their actions

And cut them down to size

The truth has always been here

As plain as it can be

Killing never leads to peace

As any fool can see

Chorus

It’s just another battlefield

Another killing ground

The days are filled with darkness

With dying all around

The nights go on forever

Just waiting on the sun

A new day, a new battle

A fight that can’t be won

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Jigsaw

Who you are is what you are

And how you are is why

When you care is where you are

Whatever way you try

If you use a thousand buts

Or look for easy outs

Everywhere you hide you’ll be

Revealed by all your doubts

Anyone you turn to

Can just simply turn away

Leaving you alone again

With nothing left to say

All the time regretting

All the sometimes you forgot

Everything important

In the end you find is not

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