You speak a thousand words
Yet you are void of speech
Your impact to touch others
Has endless reach
You preserve a moment in time
The moment you are framed
You are the archive
Where memories remain
A time capsule
That picturecaptures
The good and bad
A reminder of our past
YOU ARE A PICTURE
And your place in history
Will forever last

Never let anyone get you off your grind
YOU BE YOU
Politic your own state of mind
Govern your own hopes
Rally around your own dreams
Lift your heart up with both hands
Raise your own self esteem
Stand upright behind the podium
State your life mission loud and proud
And let them know your purpose
Is firmly planted on solid ground
Not up in the clouds

Stand up and take a stand
For anything you refuse to stand for
Divided we stand alone and vulnerable
Together we conquer so much more
There is strength in numbers
A unified voice is a powerful thing
When beliefs come together
We can accomplish anything

If I could change the world
And make a single difference
I would save the life
Of one more child in an instant
The way that some of our young
Are dying is senseless
Whether by the hands of another man
Or stricken by disease
My heart breaks with each casualty

Don’t take all right turns in life
If you have hopes and dreams
Those who choose to take that path
Never accomplish a thing

You are often reflected on
Once upon
You are shared
With everyone...everywhere

You are forever intertwined with history
But you don’t live in the past
You are sometimes a mystery
Because you fly by so fast

You are often requested
Yet taken for granted
You can never be sequestered
But the idea of you leaves others enchanted

You are star bound
But can’t be rewound
YOU ARE TIME
Though you are at times mistreated
You have never been defeated
By body, soul or mind

Mother Nature has a way of
Inconveniencing
Us with her duty
While making us appreciative
Of her her beauty