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Why Do Things Have To Change?
I sit alone and ask myself
Why do things have to change?
What wrong could there possibly be
If everything stayed the same
But an answer I did not find
So I decided to expand my search
To ask each and every one of the creatures
This question that has been given birth
I looked up to the brightest star
And I asked my question in kind
But in reply that star said I do not know
For even I fade out in time
I asked the moon upon his perch
But he too gave an answer forlorn
Saying dear child I wish that I could tell you
But even I must take my leave in the morn
I asked the clouds that drifted
But all they could give was a blustery sigh
Saying the answer you seek lies not with us
For even we lose our place in the sky
I asked the deep blue ocean
Hoping just to solve this mystery
But the ocean could not answer fast enough
As it beat its steadfast retreat
So I guess that I will never know
Why it is that things must change
So I'll just resign myself to sister fate
And embrace the memories that remain
~THE FLOWING PEN~
4-14-04
Why do things have to change?
What wrong could there possibly be
If everything stayed the same
But an answer I did not find
So I decided to expand my search
To ask each and every one of the creatures
This question that has been given birth
I looked up to the brightest star
And I asked my question in kind
But in reply that star said I do not know
For even I fade out in time
I asked the moon upon his perch
But he too gave an answer forlorn
Saying dear child I wish that I could tell you
But even I must take my leave in the morn
I asked the clouds that drifted
But all they could give was a blustery sigh
Saying the answer you seek lies not with us
For even we lose our place in the sky
I asked the deep blue ocean
Hoping just to solve this mystery
But the ocean could not answer fast enough
As it beat its steadfast retreat
So I guess that I will never know
Why it is that things must change
So I'll just resign myself to sister fate
And embrace the memories that remain
~THE FLOWING PEN~
4-14-04
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