everything makes a difference

Everything Makes A Difference  9/7/08

 

And so you were caught up

In the exuberance of life

Things you never saw

So much

So many

And you wanted to be free

Not pick a path

Not be expected

Cut it out of

Where it wouldn’t be noticed

Such distraction

Ongoing determination

Youth

Your hunger

You wanted and followed

Sought to lead

Moments of glory

How to know your mind

Finding your heart

Along the way

Make no mistake

It was about opportunity

And how was it supposed to look

Did you dictate or surrender

Did you know the difference

Or did you settle

Settling into the hill

Where you made your home

Away from all you loved

What you thought

You had to do

Or only a notion

Of someone else you

Thought you’d rather be

Why weren’t you enough

The way you were

Why wasn’t it enough

Now you don’t even recognize

The land of plenty

The color of your dreams

Somehow so far away

You may now never reach them

So slowly the world

So slowly your life

Winds down

Time ticking

Time fading away

Into the memory

Of another life

Where there is recovery

Of the spirit

Of the lost

What was the value

Where was the treasure

If not in your own heart

Right from the very start

How I wish I could have saved you

But I finally found out

I could only save myself

And that is job enough

For any one

One person is enough

Save yourself

And face in the direction

Of hope

Let everyone

Who can see

See your heart

Let them hear it

Though your actions

Through your voice

Give this life purpose

Let me accept

Let me give it away

Only to receive it back

Over and over

Wishing well

Even in hell

Wondering how anyone

Can choose to be there

But having been there

I know how it feels

I recognize its face

Running fast and not looking back

For so long

So many days

Can be as close as the next step

Or a million miles away

So many lines

To cross

Erase

One side and the other

Complete darkness or light

Such consequence

Such seriousness

Swimming

In the gift of consciousness

Knowing

Right at the moment

You decide

To go this way or that

That you are closer

Or farther away

So stay

Will you

Or come back

Or turn around

If you know

If you hear the sound

Of your heart and

Your soul is worth saving

Believe and begin

To care

Everything makes

A difference