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It took a lifetime to become     The person that you see  so.. . I wish I had a way to know     Just how far you had to go To find a way    For you to be     Even slightly     Satisfied with the strange reality   That turned out....       . ...Once you got past A little bit of the doubt       Finding a way..to..Look...past     The strange shadow That I've always cast         And see that...there may be       someone Worth a second chance / a second glance       You might even have had to go so far As to create a whole new                 Overview!                         So I have to applaud you For the hard times That you've gotten through     Putting up...with the likes of me !  It wasn't like I tried .... ...to be A thorn in your side     I've just been different Than all the others that you raised         So we banged our heads together   As we .......    Tried to understand each other       I hope I never neglected to show you That I always respected you.. ...For all the things that you believe     I  just   had   to   go. on a search And it took me away from the church     But it never took me away   ...so far That I couldn't or wouldn't Hear the word "I never denied That  JESUS CHRIST is my savior'   Or that he died ...  ...For the likes of me ! "      That is to the credit of the love That you've shared     Even when I made it hard And you were scared That I'd end up scarred     By the evils of the world     I want you to know That wherever I go Whatever I do       All the good That resides in the.. likes of me   Comes from the love that you And the LORD above     Have always shared with...   ...the likes of me       So I want you to know That it's takin a lifetime To become the person that you see     Although I don't fit into any mold I know that you've always had...   ...good or bad   Unwavering faith in me     So I'll do my best to join you     In that city on the hill     Following your path Avoiding GODS wrath By always   Doing HIS will.
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Jan 4, 2017
Jan 4, 2017 at 4:32 AM UTC
The likes of me. ( to my 93 year old mother. Me the 10th of her 12 children )
It took a lifetime to become     The person that you see  so.. . I wish I had a way to know     Just how far you had to go To find a way    For you to be     Even slightly     Satisfied with the strange reality   That turned out....       . ...Once you got past A little bit of the doubt       Finding a way..to..Look...past     The strange shadow That I've always cast         And see that...there may be       someone Worth a second chance / a second glance       You might even have had to go so far As to create a whole new                 Overview!                         So I have to applaud you For the hard times That you've gotten through     Putting up...with the likes of me !  It wasn't like I tried .... ...to be A thorn in your side     I've just been different Than all the others that you raised         So we banged our heads together   As we .......    Tried to understand each other       I hope I never neglected to show you That I always respected you.. ...For all the things that you believe     I  just   had   to   go. on a search And it took me away from the church     But it never took me away   ...so far That I couldn't or wouldn't Hear the word "I never denied That  JESUS CHRIST is my savior'   Or that he died ...  ...For the likes of me ! "      That is to the credit of the love That you've shared     Even when I made it hard And you were scared That I'd end up scarred     By the evils of the world     I want you to know That wherever I go Whatever I do       All the good That resides in the.. likes of me   Comes from the love that you And the LORD above     Have always shared with...   ...the likes of me       So I want you to know That it's takin a lifetime To become the person that you see     Although I don't fit into any mold I know that you've always had...   ...good or bad   Unwavering faith in me     So I'll do my best to join you     In that city on the hill     Following your path Avoiding GODS wrath By always   Doing HIS will.
keith-w-fletcher
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Jan 4, 2017
Jan 4, 2017 at 4:32 AM UTC
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