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give/take

By BrenPublished 2 years ago 1 min read

show me what i can’t be

and i’ll tell you what i have been

show me what i can’t see

and i’ll tell you what i have seen

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tell me all your faded tales

and i’ll show you some of mine

show me all my jaded fails

and i’ll tell you not everything is fine

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show me all the lights

and i’ll tell you of the spark

show me all the many nights

and i’ll tell you of the dark

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tell me things i don’t want to believe

and i’ll show you my darkest fears

show me then this aimless desire

and i’ll tell you of wasted tears

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Bren

"It's just a token of my extreme!" - Frank Zappa

"Cause it's all in the heat of the moment It's all in the pain!!!" - Devin Townsend

Centre Stage with the wonderful Heather Hubler

I'm writing it out not acting in doubt!

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  • Heather Hubler2 years ago

    The form you chose worked so well for this...very thought-provoking. Great work :)

  • Grz Colm2 years ago

    ☺️👏👏 Good one Brenton!

  • Cathy holmes2 years ago

    Ooh. This is excellent. Well done.

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