Jon M. Nelson

As we journey through our lives,
We all take separate paths.
Sometimes they're filled with sorrow,
Other times they're full of laughs.
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Once again, it's that time of year,
When the world should be full of cheer.
This is the time for peace and love,
As the angels watch from up above.
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You can't expect me to be something I'm not,
This is who I am and this is what you've got.
I won't pretend to be someone else's dream,
So that I can help with your self-esteem.
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I have just about had enough,
Now I'm ready to call your bluff.
I don't care what cards you're holding,
I have no intention of folding.
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The world is overrun by violence,
Which absolutely makes no sense.
People could try to be more kind,
If we would see with an open mind.
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Starting out as a handful
it gains mass as it rolls
Individually they are barely noticed
together they cover the ground.
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I rolled into a one-horse town,
Looking for a place to settle down.
I left the big city life behind,
Hoping for a new life I could find.
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As I feel the agony fill my veins,
It's impossible to ignore the pains.
The retched fear fills my soul,
As my body is no longer whole.
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Now that your mother has become my wife,
You will always be a big part of my life.
I know I could never take your dad's place,
But in your heart, I hope you have a space.
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I may not be the biggest football fan,
But that doesn't make me any less of a man.
I don't sit in a deer stand waiting for the kill,
There must be a better way to find a thrill.
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I'm stranded and lost after my car broke down,
I'm on the outskirts of a strange, small town.
I walked up to a house hoping to make a call;
I knocked on the door as the rain started to fall.
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The leather jacket made her look like a biker,
She had her thumb sticking out like a hitch hiker.
Who knows what she was doing walking way out there,
I couldn't just leave her in the middle of nowhere.
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The multiple colors blend in as one,
As they mask the disappearing sun.
Slowly I watch as it drifts away,
It's marking the end of another day.
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If I feel that I have hit rock bottom,
I will find a way back to the top.
When it feels like I can't keep going,
That's when I know that I can't stop.
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The grass used to be a luscious green,
But now that beauty cannot be seen.
The ground and water have gone dry,
Because there is no moisture in the sky.
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We all have so much to be thankful for,
And every day it seems we have more.
We have our loved ones and family,
Even the times we don't always agree.
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When you look upon a tombstone,
Two numbers seem to stand alone.
The year upon this earth they arrived,
And the second was when they died.
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As we look into the future,
It's a long and uncertain road.
And as we travel it together,
We may burden a heavy load.
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As you gently hold my hand
You set my mind at ease.
As you softly kiss my lips,
It sends a tremble to my knees.
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When I look at you, I see,
The love inside your eyes.
You whisper softly to me,
And it takes me by surprise.
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