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Ce n'est pas mon poème.
Ce ne sont que des mots.
Ils ne sont pas les miennes.
*Ceci me fait plaisir.

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Talk nerdy to me
It's my thing!
Use words so pedantic
They're obtusely romantic

Let's politick and homilize
(For philosophy use French and Chinese)
We'll ramble until we're halfway wise
Or let's invent a new word, at least

Talk nerdy to me
SNL and X-Men
Then note the plot holes
With a trendy quill pen

If you can't talk nerdy to me,
Just be yourself. That's also gutsy

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If you catch me
On the trill on the note
I'll hold you wavering
Until the next beat
But if you drop me...

Even a jab at the keys
Can't sway me
Because
It's a rhythm thing.

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Lost in Your grace
I venture further
Testing the line
Grasping at holds

Between earth and sky
Pressed against you
There is only "further"
Never an end

I'm catching your words
With my teeth
Gripping your arms
As if nothing but You
Could save me

Without hope
This endless journey
Would be toil

But with You at my back
I push harder
Love more
Endure longer

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Though my heart is heavy
And the journey is long,
I will not stop.
I will march on.

Though my bones are breaking
I carry this song:
I will not stop.
I will march on.

So long as You're with me
My step can't be wrong.
I will not stop.
I will march on.

I will lay down my heart
Till the burden is gone.
*I will not stop.
I will march on.

I will not crawl. I will march on.

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You may have the world
It never called to me
My heart and soul respond
To the call of the deep

Though once I was drowning
I've since been pulled free
The ocean holds my destiny

How safe is the ship
Anchored at shore?
*That never could satisfy me
I would rather drift
A hundred years more
Than stand on the shore
And long for the sea

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*A well holds the stars
And spits out comets
Smooth-edged stones
Wet with old skies

The colors that light
Hasn't reached
Mistaken for night

Then suddenly clear
The wordless wind
Howls in delight