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UPSIDE DOWN


Upside Down Oh someone turn them right side up I think they’re pining after a dream with no luck ‘Cause maturity will find them Freed but still chained. Dry it still rains Their tears will fall upside down. How does leaping feel now? And they will run backwards into the sun; Breaking childhood promises until it’s done It’s not done... With a plea in their lungs And a will to be done They hitch up their gowns and toss their caps to the wayside For the start of a new life Kids running on the ceiling Growing with the feeling Of never ending fear. A never ending year Is what I get to decide If gravity will hold me or will I list against this life? They will graduate to settle down and fall into the sky Oh the world has burst open It’s upside right My tears will fall upside down How does flying feel now? And I will run towards the sun Breaking past barriers until it’s done It’s not done...
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CummingsBeatsYeats_13
The prospect of ending one chapter of your life and beginning another is terrifying. It's sort of like riding a bike for the first time again. You will fall and you will fail but soon you will learn to right yourself.

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