Touching Eternity When an impossible dream
Seems eons away
And undying love
Won't seem to stay
When darkness approaches
And all it encroaches
Upon the fondness
You've struggled to cope with
When you've learned the secrets
To defeat this disease
That holds us down
Like a slave on his knees
When time slips slowly
Toward's oblivion's bleakness
Your mind's rampant thoughts
Become your weakness
And yet through it all
You stand above
Though fear of falling
Through faith and love
When your head is held high
And you hear serenity
Then you, my friend,
Have touched eternity...
When the fire of passion
Burns too brightly
And flickers in corners
That awaken you nightly
When pasts are revisited
As guests uninvited
When torn love letters
Are regrettably recited
When futures seem lost
And trying seems hopeless
And that weeping willow's branch
Holds where the rope is
When your neck seems too large
For the noose to contain
When you've swallowed your pride
And excreted the vain
When your tears cannot comfort
What the truth has enlightened
And things become clearer
As passion is brightened
And suddenly love
Does not seem to hurt thee,
Then you, my friend,
Are touching eternity...
When eternity seems
Too far to taste
And destiny's impatience
Becomes walking in haste
When you parlay trust
Into friendship and kin
And wonder the next time
You'll see them again
When you await the next chapter
That book has endowed
And pick up the pen
And with ink, you let out
All the experience
You've acquired thus far
When it seems overbearing
You tighten your heart
You clench all your teeth
No longer grinning and bearing
When you spit out your ignorance
And banish your caring
When you no longer feed off
What others may say
And have learned to be famished
For what lies in the next day
When wisdom that's passed down
Becomes your new iris
You see what the elders
Have told you in times since
You begin understanding
That life is of dough
You shape and you mold it
Until you let go
And when you are comfortable
With being uncomfortable
And piecing the future
Together in front of you
When it's difficult to grasp
But easy to see
Then you have finally
Reached eternity...
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