Clarence Thomas

One seed can start a garden
One moment can change a life
One conversation,
Can start a friendship
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Feeling the setting sun burn against my back
I stood alone in grim anticipation
Watching the black sky roll inexorably toward me
But it was right then that you caught my eye
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I’m tired of always running away,
When all I ever wanted was a place to stay.

I’m tired of being surrounded by others in life,
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Today I decided to write a poem just for you
So I sat down with pen in hand, and began to
Carefully consider in which way I could express to you
All the things you mean to me,
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Lost I wander in this self-inflicted night,
No moon or stars in the sky give me light.
Wearily, I stumble and fall aimlessly,
Longing only for someone to rescue me.
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It is not enough to complain about something,
Unless you are willing to try to make it better.
For then nothing will ever change.
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Remember me when I’m no longer with you
When regretfully, I can no longer stay
Remember the great times we’ve had
When I’m no longer a part of your day
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Sometimes, I want to laugh
Sometimes, I want to cry
Sometimes, I’m happy to be alive
Sometimes, I want to die
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Alone I walked along the crashing waves,
The only ones I had to wash away my tears.
But then suddenly I found you there at my side,
And you relieved me of all my fears.
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So badly I needed you now,
But you couldn’t see somehow.
In you I put all of my hope,
To you I clung like a rope.
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You stand starring into that mirror on the wall
Watching me suffer as I wither away
Reassuring me in the end, everything will be okay
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I have come to realize
That our complex lives are made
Of nothing more than moments
That range from every color of every shade
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