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Lost Purpose My reason for doing what I do Is slowly escaping my very essence My mission and my reason is fading But clear with this message: I am a horse that’s plowed too many fields A bird gathering food for an empty nest A lion that cannot hunt and feed its pack A spider weaving broken webs A baby that has been born old A cold sun freezing the stars A bright man in a forgotten room That is who we are Lost Faith I believed in the holy fervor The faith that drove me into the world Now that faith has rejected me Like a doll rejected by a young girl These questions I ask leave my lips: Who can I trust? Who will take me? Who can see that I am One who is not whole? I have lost purpose and now lost faith Colorful, but still petty, like sliver and gold Lost Sleep Pondering this reality has taken its toll My eyes grow weary with each breath I take I exhaust my resource of natural light All I ask for is a gift; all I ask is a break With this, I choose no path That could guide me to find my lost treasures But that path is right here: I see it with irises, losing their color I wait for my exhaustion to overwhelm me and sigh I wish to close my eyes and fall into slumber with an end But my eyes stay awake, waving dreams and hopes goodbye
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Jan 25, 2013
Jan 25, 2013 at 7:41 PM UTC
Lost Purpose, Lost Faith, and Lost Sleep
Lost Purpose My reason for doing what I do Is slowly escaping my very essence My mission and my reason is fading But clear with this message: I am a horse that’s plowed too many fields A bird gathering food for an empty nest A lion that cannot hunt and feed its pack A spider weaving broken webs A baby that has been born old A cold sun freezing the stars A bright man in a forgotten room That is who we are Lost Faith I believed in the holy fervor The faith that drove me into the world Now that faith has rejected me Like a doll rejected by a young girl These questions I ask leave my lips: Who can I trust? Who will take me? Who can see that I am One who is not whole? I have lost purpose and now lost faith Colorful, but still petty, like sliver and gold Lost Sleep Pondering this reality has taken its toll My eyes grow weary with each breath I take I exhaust my resource of natural light All I ask for is a gift; all I ask is a break With this, I choose no path That could guide me to find my lost treasures But that path is right here: I see it with irises, losing their color I wait for my exhaustion to overwhelm me and sigh I wish to close my eyes and fall into slumber with an end But my eyes stay awake, waving dreams and hopes goodbye
A three-part poem, you never know what you truely have until you lose it
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Jan 25, 2013
Jan 25, 2013 at 7:41 PM UTC
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