I Have Learned
Mood:  energetic
I Have Learned





In this life



That greatness



Is a careless whisper away



And is found where you least



Expect it.





I have learned.





I have witnessed that true love



Should be experienced, not sought after.



Nor tempted through the wreckage of impatience



Pulsating inside the heart's of all men



A black worm through the apple





I have seen.





I have felt that life is short



And must be cherished



That the clock stops for no one



Not even the planets



And that time presses forward.





I have understood.





I have noticed that an indigo dusk



Is not permanent



That all creations wonders pass by



In the blink of an eye



That all mens struggles



Are not in vain.





I have remembered.





I have seen how small I am



And how great the Universe is



How the cosmos so briefly grace us



With its solar omnipotence



And how one person can change so much





I have struggled.





I believe that kindness is important



And is so frail and fleeting



I give freely of myself



To nurture the human soul



To count my blessings or sheep





I have believed.





I have strived in this life



To be humble and accept all praises



Great or small, to be glad for my fellow man



To not be dismayed by failure



But to rise up out of the ash





I have built.





I have seen it with my own two eyes



Life, Death & Re-Birth



I have seen terror, toil and tumult



Ive seen the center crash



And the bodies remain whole





I have pressed on.





I have looked in the mirror



And seen disintegration



Paired with peace and understanding



I have been confused and confident



Ignorant and Wise





I have risen.





I have imagined a better world



Where everyone is equal



And no one is treated cruelly



I have seen it perfectly in my minds eye



And know it can exist.





I have dreamed.





I have known terror and elation



Unrest and Peace



I have seen it all thrown away



And the pieces swept up,



Reassembled like some awful puzzle







I have seen where they go







I have learned.