CLARITY

[Charlie G]

CLARITY

By Charlie G

We spend our lives on a ledge, we'll never fall over;
Thinking of life as a field of clover.
So we trample through it, it's all about "me",
With our rose colored blinders, it's all that we see.
When we're hit & we slip, we just think with a hunch;
‘Get back in the clover, I can handle a punch.’
But there's nothing that hits you as hard as does life;
It will take your parents, your child, even your wife.
Then life tramples on with nary a glance;
To see who it's pushed off, purely by chance.
And as you slide towards the edge and start to go over;
You wonder hysterically, where is the clover?
Then your feet leave the dirt and your dancing on air;
Now clarity's your partner, and oh it's got flair!
Then the dancing stops and you begin to fall;
With clarity you know there's just one name to call.
God!, Dear God! you shout and you scream;
Thinking to yourself, this is only a dream.
As you fall faster, and faster, and still even more;
Inside of your head, opens memory's door.
You see the people you've hurt, and in an instant you know;
"It's not all about me", and you suddenly grow...
Wings!
God's gentle hand lifts you up and back over the ledge;
By the field of clover, where you stand on the edge.
Looking over that field, a sea full of "me";
Then walking away, now utterly free.
peace