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Friday, August 26, 2011

For Good from Wicked

Had a nice hill long run. Really struggled. It's funny how that changes day to day. Shark friends are doing challenges on expressing gratitude. I am thankful for people who have come into my life. This poem expresses many things I feel. I miss you Katherine.

Stats: Five miles. Lotsa hills.

I've heard it said
That people come into our lives for a reason
Bringing something we must learn
And we are led
To those who help us most to grow
If we let them
And we help them in return
Well, I don't know if I believe that's true
But I know I'm who I am today
Because I knew you...

Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
I have been changed for good.

It well may be
That we will never meet again
In this lifetime
So let me say before we part
So much of me 
Is made from what I learned from you
You'll be with me
Like a handprint on my heart
And now whatever way our stories end
I know you have re-written mine
By being my friend...

Like a ship blown from its mooring 
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a skybird
In a distant wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
Because I knew you
I have been changed for good.

And just to clear the air
I ask forgiveness
For the things I've done you blame me for
But then, I guess we know
There's blame to share
And none of it seems to matter anymore.

Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood

Like a ship blown from its mooring 
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a bird in the wood.

Who can say if I've been 
Changed for the better?
I do believe I have been
Changed for the better.

And because I knew you...
Because I knew you...
Because I knew you...
i believe I have been changed for good...
i have been changed, for good.

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