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The Note is Mightier than the Word


Thank you for this life

A life where shadows sing

Where losses are seen as gains

Where I can have a vision for everything

 

Thank you for this life

A life where notes can speak

Where feelings can morph from pain

Where sound can become unique

 

Thank you for this life

A life where hopes are interwoven

Where death is no longer an option

Where despair isn’t my Beethoven

 

Thank you for this life

A life where I have more to offer

Where doubt does not plague me still

Where its shadow has made a counteroffer

 

Thank you for this life

A life that I cannot live in strife

Where I can stick and choose my own life

Where I can choose the pen instead of the knife.

 
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