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All around you

This life can be so non-linear.

Every word is a word someone left behind.

And could be those times you think you're going crazy,

may be the only time you know what's going on.......

all around you.....

Sometimes I cry, just to keep from crying.

Sometimes I breathe, just to keep from dying.

And sometimes I just don't know, how far I'm really supposed to go...

And sometimes it's far enough and sometimes I'm lying.

Sometimes I hear, just to keep from listening.

Sometimes I look, just to keep from seeing.

And sometimes I mean what I say, it might be a million years away....

And sometimes it's not enough.

And sometimes it's a little too much.

And sometimes it just enough,

and sometimes I'm lying......to myself.

So if you ever get a chance you ought to stop and think for a while.

'Cause you'll never get a second chance to give the first smile.

And it's true don't know what you miss if you don't try.

And you can't be real strong, until you learn how to cry...

at what's all around you.

©1994 David D. Vande Velde