True Strength/The Power Of My Mother's Calm

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Quiet, her demeanor

lending to a gentle outcome

Taking on his misdemeanors

holding them still, cheek and tongue

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Never spoke a harsh word

albeit gibberish or absurd

She gently took the reigns

and led us all another way

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She worked until her hands bled

but she taught us how to play

Meant every word she said

never letting pride get in her way

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A dragon deep inside her

kept it guarded like a new pearl

Knew there'd be a time and place

its power to embrace

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She kept her head and hopes high

found peace beneath the blue sky

Each night she'd gently trace

every single outline on my face

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Reassured my restless spirit

whispered so we both could hear it

Dreaming dreams that seemed impossible

imagination was the key

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Hope kept the dream insoluble

that lesson was invaluable

For the life I was to lead

stirring the dragon deep in me.

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There are days I could release it

bringing forth a sense of justice

But I pull those feelings back

clinging to her bold instruction

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Remembering the things I lack

a reminder of our sacred pact

She whispered to my spirit

reminding me to pause a minute

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Take a breath and make a step

to offer only grace and help.

Keep my dragon safe

for the right time and the right place

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My mother from her mother

so unlike any other

Held my heart and hands together

through every storm and shifting sand

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That sweet and gentle nature

made me strong and kept me nurtured

Content to share the beauty of

that dragon with my own

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My daughters know its power

never would they need to cower

Maintaining all its courage

when they were called on to engage

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The beauty in that freedom

was there if er' they needed

Strength passed through generations down

like rain puddled on the ground

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Absorbed into our spirits

with wherewithal to receive it

Creating an intricate map

to guide us along it's hallowed path

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A stronger dragon through our bloodline

connecting the ties that love binds

Growing stronger with the power

each keep locked deep down inside

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Preparing for the battle

and the new song of deaths rattle

To the force that stands against

the power our dragons represent

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Strength isn't always forceful

it's found in tiny bite sized morsels

Feeding the desire to excel

equivalent to equal, paradoxical parallel

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Knowing the power here within us

we know that nothing can deter us

Mild and meek is just a mask

to help to accomplish any task

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Soft and supple on the outside

bold and mighty on the inside

A promised ride and die tribe

very few words can describe

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Never to fear the path before me

or the darkness that surrounds me

For the dragon that is beside me

lights the fire deep within

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Strong and tireless its fury

on the days that I am weary

For what could stand against me

when I'm traveling as them

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Never lost or left unheeding

when for me he is competing

Together he completes

the parts once missing here in me

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Thanks to my mother's faithful patience

and her mother's gentle balance

Through any complications

I will exceed my expectations

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Allowing this mighty dragon

to abide inside my heart

So that no matter what may happen

we are never far apart

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Creating universes

casting out the devils curses

The dragon reasserts

and sets my feet on solid ground

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A tender reed once was my spirit

pure and temperate the lyric

My dragon song erupting

with the power to astound