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Chapter #: 5
Updated On: 14 September 2005 - Words Count: 179 - Number of Reads: 333 |
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Exit Song
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EXIT SONG
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Stay unwritten awhile,
My best dreams are yet to fruit.
I hear the earth is wide and full
Of wonderful sights and beautiful people.
Wait until I have walked its breadth.
Stay unwritten awhile,
My biggest battles are yet unfought.
What heroic deeds shall your lyrics bear?
I hear many unforgettable men
Were nobodies like me who dared
Mighty things and won.
Wait until I have worn their shoes.
II
Be written, be beautiful, be loud,
Be made of enchanting notes,
And heard through a thousand years.
Tell the story of how I raised my voice
Against evil, gave from the little I owned
Until smiles shone through where grief
Had camped. When I had nothing to give,
I simply loved. Say with pride that no one
Shall find my name in a roster of debtors.
Be written then, you beauty, I have heard
The laughter of my grandchildren.
I have seen the sad become joyous.
I think I have seen the face of God.
Be sung. Send me on my way now. |
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