to be absolutely honest,
\nheart-wrenching, torn and true
\nto burn with fiery passion,
\nto glow an unearthly hue
\nlike Lennon and McCartney,
\nSpringsteen, Dylan and Cash
\nbut it doesn’t come quite freely,
\nit seems the hardest thing to do.<\/p>\n
I barely know myself at all,
\nso surely I don’t know you
\nassumptions, estimations, trends-
\nhow much of it’s really true?
\nI know that I exist of course,
\nthat I yearn to be loved, and free-
\nto be accepted for who I really am,
\nif I can find that elusive Me.<\/p>\n
I want to be inspired,
\nand to inspire others in turn,
\nI want to believe in humanity
\nand from falsehoods truth discern.
\nI want to be respected,
\nI want to earn it too,
\nto purge myself of all my ills,
\nand through the flames be born anew.<\/p>\n
To transcend impulses, to not always be right
\nto learn when its best to walk away from the fight
\nto search my soul, and to know my mind
\nto conquer the universe that within me resides
\nto love, to live, to breathe, and sing
\nto learn, to grow, to be one with all things
\nto give, to share, to play, to dance
\nto always dare to take a chance<\/p>\n
I want to hurt, to lose, to fall, to cry
\nto lose it all, then be denied
\nto get up when everyone else is down
\nto raise the sails when we’ve run aground
\nto be the voice of reason, and yet
\nto lift my spirits, and broken bones re-set
\nto navigate through space and endless time
\non the backs of men gone long before
\nwhose spirits still yearn to rise<\/p>\n
I want to fight, I want to try,
\nI want to be smiling the day I die.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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