| Inspired by a quote from Lincoln Steffens, "The best picture has not yet been painted; the greatest poem is still unsung; the mightiest novel remains to be written; the divinest music has not been conceived even by Bach. In science, probably ninety-nine percent of the knowable has not yet been discovered." |
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| The Rules of the Game | ||||||||
| by Helen Farran | ||||||||
The world's best picture has not yet been painted The most profound epic is still unsung The ladder to heaven is arching above me I sit contemplating on its bottom most rung. The mightiest novel waits to be written The sweetest song has yet to be sung Like a cat poised to spring on the mouse are my words Waiting to spill from the tip of my tongue Somewhere, someone will bring forth these diamonds The muses will gather, ideas will flow The seeds of wondrous things have been planted From the magical depths of our conscience they'll grow. We human beings are special, unique Our presence is destined our purpose unknown But we all know the message that is whispered in dreams Of an answer that is out there, we are not alone. I know you have felt it, been caught unaware You glimpse it in laughter and often in tears Deep in the night you wake without warning We all have some doubts, we all have our fears It's not just a feeling, it isn't just knowing The search for meaning seems endless and long But each day we sense it, we live it, we breathe it We�re here, we�re alive, we are, we belong. We�re part of a pattern, a huge web of life Each person, each thought, each moment is real Although they�re illusions, although they�re in code You can�t learn the message if you don�t learn to feel. And feeling is everything, feeling is life, Through feelings we learn what we most need to know You can�t learn the lessons without falling down And you can�t get wiser if you don�t want to grow Are the needs of the many outweighed by the few? Is the sum of the parts more than the whole? Are you really you? Am I really me? Or are we all actors just playing our roles? So if you are wondering why you are here I am too and I think that it�s part of the game The rules say we have to forget who we were We play and we play till we learn we�re the same. |
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