WITH EVERY SEASON (ONE):
I've lost so many things
that I thought that I would need
That I wonder how I still hold onto my mind
So many things
that I thought that I would need
to find
I write to many lists
as a way to hold onto something
As a way to feel
like I've got something behind me
But, there's this girl I know
(and I know her well)
She wants to know why
the seasons can come down
like an attack
She wants to meet and learn
from the others
who make sense of all this fear
And she wants to know
no, she NEEDS to know
a life beyond the silence
But, first she needs
to trick her mind
to rise up off her back
Don't get me wrong
I know it's easier said than won
But, she calls me up
to say goodnight
As the sun begins to rise
RISE AND SHINE
RISE AND SHINE
April 7, 2002, Michael Anderson
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