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i am standing in my own shadow
putting together
all the scattered pieces of my life
i am in more than usual disarray
i see there’s plenty of
misdirection and confusion
to go around,
with a little love and support
from a dear friend
i have stopped smoking
and cut back on drinking
i am applying myself,
and reaching forward
if only in my mind
as history teaches us
the only thing you need to know
about time is when it’s running out
and it’s got me sure enough thinking
to get off this carousel that’s spinning out of control
and find out what it’s all about
it’s the children and we’ve got to give
the right message to them
it’s so long overdue
mine+mine, me+me+me won’t do
anything, but to prolong the agony
we all are going thru
maybe you cannot understand that you are no longer a spectator to life
but a participant to the continuation of the exploitation of our bodies and minds
if you don’t get up off your seat
and do something
about nuclear madness,
chemical poisoning, global warming
war, famine, disease and poverty
this world ain’t going to go nowhere
if you think that we can escape in a rocket ship to space forget it
you will find the back of the bus
never went away it just got bumped to the rear of another bus
life
and if you do not
believe it to be important to safeguard, cherish and protect life
then, you would have abandoned
your sacred duty to live
and you are condemned to,
with all who come behind you to
death
die in the fast+life or in slow motion
poisoning your passion
until all that is left
of you and yours
is the
…shadow of man…
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