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I never felt this is where I belonged, alien to this place I call home.

The World was born with free will while I was given just one law.

Without choice I must follow, while living in a place of sorrow.

One or two I’ve met like me in this open sea that’s so shallow.

This life is not mine to live but freely I must give.

A mask I wear so the World will never know, that I am not here to blindly follow.

Forever shall it be, that Love is my Creed. Till Death comes for Time then free shall I finally be.

Time was man’s creation, free he just did not want to be.

With every tick of the clock a blood of another will drop.

For you take joy in the pain of those you call thine enemy.

Wars you have made, in another’s name.

We come to set a flame to all that has caused shame.

Burning your hearts were, for those that held you in chains.

Yet waiting you are to be saved, in a world your hatred made.

We watched as the World was shattered now you must watch as it goes ablaze.

Just as Death shall conquer all, just as the Sun rises before it’s fall,

So too shall man watch his creation with all its glory see its own ruination.

Written By: Mackenzie

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I watched my belly as it grew big. I held my hand on my stomach just to feel little kicks. We were one, you and I, at a moment in time. This was before we ever met eye to eye; before you joined the world, to grow on your own.

I heard your cry; on my chest you laid. Seeing your sweet face I knew from that day I loved you more than I ever could love myself. From baby food to little snacks I fed you until you could eat on your own.

From my arms you learned to crawl. With my fingers I helped you walk back when your hands were still so small. Behind you I followed, making sure you didn’t fall… until you could do it on your own.

Little feet running, trips and falls, back when a kiss fixed it all. I watched everywhere you went just in case something went wrong… until I knew you could do it on your own.

From sandboxes and swings, to bicycles and trampolines, I was always there if you were to fall. To be honest I needed that more than you needed me. It didn’t take long, you soon could do it all on your own.

Early mornings at the bus stop, kisses and I love you’s at bedtime. Repeating myself a thousand times still never helped when it was chores and homework… until you would do it on your own.

I was your number one for a time back when I dried your tears and fought your fights. When I kissed boo boos to makes them alright. Checking for monsters before tucking you in at night. Before you were big and did things on your own.

You’re MY number one now. Your hugs when I’m sad, your stupid jokes that make me laugh. When I say I love you, you don’t say it back, you tell me you know and what’s better than that?

Time with you is short when once it was endless. It feels like just yesterday the first time we met. The years now filled with only sweet memories. I’d forgotten how it felt to be alone… until you did everything on your own.

Written By: Mackenzie

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When the World calls you crazy,

When takers judges the giver harshly,

When Life has left you all alone,

Here you may find my Home.

If free you think you’ll never be,

If happy endings you just can’t see,

Then you’ve also known a part of me.

Where Gods spill blood that fills a river

Where Knowledge has nothing on a Believer,

Where sleepless souls shall sway

& the fearful men must also lay

There diversity has come to stay.

How the dark sky flickers with light,

How stormy days can feel so right.

How the rain brings the bird songs

& how beautiful Death looks in the Fall.

See, every right has it’s wrong,

Just as every dark night it’s dawn.

This is where you shall find me.

For every lock has its key,

Every breath its own heartbeat.

Every right can be wrong,

As every soul has a different song.

The World is made of many.

The clock always tick ticking.

The people always wanting.

This is right & this is wrong

What causes all diversity,

Is that no man is truly free.

For free men are filled with glee,

& judgement hardly visits thee.

It is no Law, no governors that be

Who keep men from being free.

It is the man himself who judges life harshly.

Who’s life is trapped in others that may be.

For you have this & you have that

While I hold only misery.

I tell you now, whoever you maybe,

This is not what life was meant to be.

For even a leaf finds reason to bloom after the dead dwindled tree.

As every man a life when he becomes only a memory.

There must be unity in all of these

For this balance is what should govern thee.

& When that day shall come,

All men will then be free.

To thine own self be true

& always you must follow,

Just as the night the day

Just as the sun the moon.

So too will you & I find somewhere this Unity of The Heart & The Key.

{Quote “To thine own self be true” – Shakespeare}

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