we try so hard
trying to reach the top
sometimes on guard
wanting to turn around or stop
so many difficult years
trying to climb the tallest peak
if only we could be prophets or seers
knowing what it is we truly seek
sometimes we stumble and fall
there are those times
when we can't even speak
those trying times
we don't know anything at all
a few of us those lucky ones
learn to fly and seldom stall
so many lives
both daughters and sons
are blinded and confused
by some tragic pall
if God could see us now
standing here alone
if the world could be
honest with us somehow
running in circles
trying to find a home
wishing we could be perfect
those times we don't
pick up the phone
to hear what that other
person has to say
those moments
they come and go
we wonder if success and love
could ever stay
but the world
is so big and scary
so often our hearts
want to wander and stray
and if we think
we've reached the top
we could still go blind
we could still fall and flop
such is life
I heard someone once say
and we all eventually know
love cuts like a knife
we all eventually see
that hard times and love
changes our lives
sometimes we bleed
sometimes we fail
other times
we get what we need
if we can only survive
somehow continue to prevail
but reaching the highest peak
is really just a hope and a dream
real life is so often
too hard and too bleak
once we think
we've achieved something
we too often discover
life and success isn't what it seems
sweet honey turns bitter
true love is a dream

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