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"Sometime"

Sometime, when all life's lessons have been learned,
And sun and stars forevermore have set,
The things which our weak judgments here have spurned,
The things o'er which we grieved with lashes wet,
Will flash before us out of life's dark night,
As stars shine most in deeper tints of blue;
And we shall see how all God's plans are right,
And how what seemed reproof was love most true.
Then be content poor heart;
God's plans, like lilies pure and white, unfold;
we must not tear the close-shut leaves apart,-
Time will reveal the chalices of gold.
And if, through patient toil, we reach the land
Where tired feet, with sandals loosed, may rest,
When we shall clearly see and understand,
I think that we will say, "God knew the best!"
-May Riley Smith

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Oh Star
Say something we can learn
By heart and when alone repeat
Say something! And it says 'I burn'
-Robert Frost

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O Stars, listen to our plea
as our lives are but short.
Our wish is that you will guide us
to you when we meet our end.
-Unknown

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you fit into me
like a hook in an eye

a fish hook
an open eye
-Unknown

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"A dream it's true
But I'd see it through
If I could be
Wasting my time, with you"
-Phish

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I see America drinking the fabulous cocktails I make
America is getting stinky on something I stir or shake
The Sex on the Beach the schnapps made from peach
The Baldwin hammer the Alabama slammer
I make things with juice and froth the pink squirrel the three toad sloth
I make drinks so sweet and snazzy the Ice Tea the Kamikaze
The Orgasm The death spasm The Singapore sling the dingaling
America your just devoted to every flavor I've got
But if you want to get loaded why don't you just order a shot
-cocktail

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 "A Summer's Dream of Her"

In the beginning it is like waking up on a sunny beach
It's like watching that sun come up and warm your face,
It's like laying on that beach in the warm night air
It's like looking at that rising moon and feeling so close to it,
It's like walking into a new casino with a pocket full of chips
Then walking up to the craps table betting it all,
Winning seven straight times and then walking out,
It's like bringing a car up to 100 miles per hour for the first time
It’s like calling her for the very first time every time you go for that phone
It's like the anticipation of that first kiss, over and over and over.

Then it ends, and it is like waking up from a dream
Into the real world filled with the bright sun,
This sun burns your eyes and makes you blind,
Blind to the world, to its people, and to yourself,
Then you are alone again in the darkness of day.

-Thomas

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"Aislynn"

As I find myself looking into your eyes, I fall into a wonderful universe
As I fall I find that I am lost in all the beauty, in all the colors and light
When I land I find myself on a road, as I drive this road I know I am searching
I'm not sure what or who I'm searching for, but I know they are more amazing
Than all the sights around me, so I start my search on this road

As I search I pass by all the planets filled with peoples who are searching
As they look into the heavens of this universe they search for someone to be with
But they do not seem to go anywhere, and I find myself alone on this road
I drive day and night, through clear sky and fog, all the time keeping ahead
I keep my eyes on the road ahead of me for what I am looking for must be there

I don’t know when it happened, I don know what triggered it, but I looked to my side
There you were, smiling at me, it felt as if you were always there, maybe you were
"You have been sitting next to me for so long how did I not notice"
My search ended when I found you, and here I am now going deeper and deeper
But I am not lost, because I know now you will always be by my side

-Thomas