Unbending hope
Pulled out from under me
Hands tight on the rope
The feelings of letting go
Blown around
My hope preservers
That good people walk next to me
Alongside my steps
Friends walking with friends
That is the beauty of the ascent
To find more of myself the what I knew
To realize instead of shrinking
I grew
I
The greatest challenges
Undermine the weakest minds
Land mine
Underpinned in time
Joker of the rhyme
We had our chance to escape
And we did
Into home base we slid
Eyes closed
And off we go
On a journey that knows
No boundaries
It just flows
We are more water than wood
Slide through the alleys
And completely misunderstood
The unexpected bends
Sends my mind reaching
To understand false premises
Canned
How did it fall apart
Was it a small piece
Of a master plan
Built a 4 story house
On weak sand
How could this be
A fallacy I see
Under me
The sand gives way
Now do I ever really understand
Weaknesses of sand
I tried to compensate
What what too complicated
Frustrated
But we will move on
On
And on
A man wearing an anxious crown
Throws back with withered thorns
The indignity of hope scorned
Must have a courageous play
To be once more adorned
His hopes as fragile as pencil
Under great pressure
Bending at the point
Of almost breaking
He takes a swig of heady liquids
Rising the spirits with his hand
Set out for a journey
Looking over the peoples land
His mind now deep in reflection
Of how his hope and optimism
Slowly grew into his flailing crown
Now is the moment to return
The curtains are pulled on the stage
One error has the potential to destroy
What he has crafted with single heart joy
His feet begin to move
At first wacky and unprotected
But with his heart projected
He steadies his feet and walks out
The light shines and this
Is his time
Eyes like burning emeralds
On Florida Street
After the big shows
All the world knows
How those eyes glow
Flicker and grow
Dim buzz of the engine
In this car we sit in
But those eyes
Beautiful eyes
I know
I love
Our skin may weather
But eyes never grow old
In a city of eternal growth
We hold hands
And make a story our own
Under the Capitals lights
Rising up into the sky
Armored city
In the night
White
Illuminated
Beneath a dark night blue
Holding hands
With plans
Of me and you
We share moments of growth
Rejuvenation shows
In the city that knows
No boundaries or barriers
Standing on the Capitol stairs
Share your story
From failure
To glory
Mornings evenings
How the birds sing
Make my ears ring
With hope and truth
The story of you
Become a bell of monumental strength
The life lessons you have gained
Contained inside and share with me
Your Story
A concern for the flippant
Out of control
Not quite with it
Skillful dismantling
Of the building hesitant
Space made imminent
I act with we
We must act manually
Connect rather than annoy
Hold hands and stand tall
Instead of hates deploy
The word we use to unite
Instead of looking for a fight
In a year 2016
Of light
Falafel evenings
Mediterranean food past midnight
Staying alright
In Washington DC
Capitol eternally
Approaching life literally
Past 11:30
On Thursday
Or Friday
Any day
The truth in struggle
The struggle of truth
A late night inspiration
Evenings in the capital
Of this beautiful nation
The Unity Collective USA
Spreading the message of hope
We hope to get across
Free the rock
From underneath the moss
Evening lights on the Capitol
Understandable
Building blocks we muster up
With every lyric cut
From the cloth of humanity
To reach out certainly
To the world
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