I so long ago gave up many an idea of trying
Of ever trying to be the best at most things
I learned I learned as life's candles burned
That trying to prove myself to any confusion it brings
I learned of psychology philosophy and human behavior
And many things that to tell serves no purpose it's true
I was born knowing of my mother clairvoyance and such
And many attached realities of life I gave up them too
I gave up ever trying to write what was considered poetry
I gave up the need over time to inform and or to teach
I gave up trying to kindly tell some I loved they were wrong
And long long ago I gave up as if the need to ever preach
So many still cry how wrong it's to judge another in life
But sadly almost all but a few in life how they really do
I've been ridiculed long ago for only not thinking as they
And yet I've never committed a crime in this life it's true
I gave up long ago being so hurt by my own that I raised
The very story of my own father I've lived dare I say
I gave up all behind me on anything that could blind me
And live a life that I alone have earned so in my way
I gave up all one can buy or sell or trade for want
And traded all of it in for my own peace upon earth
Knowing that I have something most I've known never will
And in God's name it's ever so much more priceless worth.
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