Winding Feelings
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My feelings are rewritten and straining
as I see others struggling to make it in life
The winds in my heart are changing
I remember when my opinion of the world was so loving, so unbending
but now I see many lost people hurting others with an unwelcomed, welcoming knife
My feelings are rewritten and straining
When the once-happy room of a child… so warm, so inviting
is now the forsaken tomb of the babe that ended his time
The winds in my heart are changing
When we are encouraged to succeed with proper schooling
but the school is the graveyard – the scene of the bloody, massive crime
My feelings are rewritten and straining
When politicians claim that circumstances will be improving
yet we see the strained backs of our fathers, the cracked smiles of our mothers
The winds in my heart are changing
But then I turn to look at your face that never ceases to be smiling
and I am reminded of what it means to be understood, protected, and loved by another
My feelings are rewritten and straining
The winds in my heart are changing