Resist

Let's not make it great again

Let's not chase that lie

Singing songs of freedom

While letting children die

Proudly thumping on your chest

While putting others down

Doesn't make you great

You pathetic little clown

You're threatened by so many things

To me it's very clear

You're an angry little coward

And you live your life in fear

The bile you spew is putrid

Your words are filled with hate

We need to stop your evil ways 

Before it is too late
It's not enough to grumble
We have to share the truth
And get some friends to join you
In the nearest voting booth
For history will judge
If we all turn a blind eye
And we'll share in the blame
If we don't care enough to try
To be the voice of reason
When reason is so rare
And build a better nation
Where its people always care

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Five Years Ago

I couldn’t see five years ago

Where I would be today

What little I could count on
 Had begun to slip away
One door closed behind me
And it tore my world apart
But then another opened
And she walked into my heart
How could I ever dream of love
Beyond a fantasy
Lost inside her loving eyes
Her smile all I could see
Much more than simply wonderful
This Angel made me whole
Mending this old broken heart
She soothed my aching soul
And now my love has given me
A joy that fills my life
She's all this man could ever want
My lover and my wife
Five years ago my world was dark
With hope nowhere in sight
But now her love's light guides me
Even in the darkest night

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Metamorposis

I spent years in a dark chamber

Locked up inside my mind

So afraid to see the future

So unsure of what I'd find

Living without hope

And feeling sorry for myself

Leaving all my dreams to gather dust

On some forgotten shelf

Hiding in the shadows

And the safety of the night

Until you broke down all my walls

And filled my world with light

It's hard to even recognize

The man I used to be

Never dreaming life could be like this

Till your love set me free

From all those shackles of my past

Those days and nights alone

Replaced by all the love we share

And all the joy we've known

So, now I'm flying to new heights

And know this much is true

For all of my remaining years

This heart belongs to you.

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Love Bides Its Time

She was eighteen, I was twenty

The first time that we met

I was much too young and foolish

To recognize an Angel yet

For two years we walked common ground

So close, but far apart

No way of comprehending

She would one day own my heart

In time we went our separate ways

I wandered on my own

In the company of others

Always feeling so alone

I settled for some feelings

That were never as they seamed

I could never find the Angel

I saw only when I dreamed

And so the years just slipped away

The dream began to fade

Like lines in some forgotten script

The parts I never played

Until one day, to my surprise 

This Angel reappeared

She comforted my aching heart

The loneliness I feared

A friendship soon developed

That led to love so true

A dream of love I thought was gone

My tired heart, made new

And now I share my life with her

My heart, my love, my soul

This Angel is my everything

Her love has made me whole

Don't think that love won't find you

For it found a heart like mine

Love comes when you are ready

Until then, it bides its time

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Sacred Circle

There is a sacred circle

That is several centuries old

Where you'll find the greatest treasures

That cannot be bought or sold

Where everyone is welcome

And equal in this place

Inside walls of brick and mortar

It is love that fills this space

Here peace is more than just a dream

And justice is the light

That guides us to a better world

And through the darkest night

All differences are set aside

Defined by what we share

Acceptance without judgement

A love that is so rare

Each soul completes this circle

As it was always planned

 We pass the bread and share the wine

One people hand in hand

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The Man I Was

The man I was two years ago

Was lost and so alone

Thinking that this tired heart

Had finally turned to stone

Tired of always settling

And never satisfied

Tired of disappointment

And the emptiness inside

But in my darkest hour

She appeared, my brightest light

She brought me love and comfort

Making everything so right

The Angel I had dreamed of

A fantasy come true

Erased my painful memories 

And made my old heart new

And so, I pledge to cherish her

My lover and my friend

This heart belongs to her alone

A love that will not end

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Dreams Exceeded

Once I was adrift some place

Where nothing is as it seems

Afraid to see tomorrow

I'd given up on dreams

The future looked so cloudy

And darkness ruled the day

Haunted by my failures

With nothing left to say

Love was an illusion

A portrait in my mind

A painting of the Angel

I thought I'd never find

But when my heart had given up

You found your way inside

And swept away the shadows

Where once I used to hide

And where there was such darkness

Your love has brought new light

Bringing joy to all my days 

And comfort to my nights

So, I will pledge forever

That this heart belongs to you

The one who helped me dream again

And made them all come true.

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