poem by Ethan Mask

if you wonder where you're going
it's often to the start
until you found that place
that's kept within your heart

it's the reason that you see
it's the reason that you want
it is reason that you need right now
it's the reason that will haunt...

...you to your bones
and it will feel like home
the only thought you brought with you
was how to be alone

but it will open wide
and swallow you inside
the hardest part was writing down
this mess inside your mind

if you're scared of where you're going
just think back to the start
and don't forget that reason why--

the poem inside your heart

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strength to borrow
love, fear, and sorrow
will you still be there
today, tomorrow

the straight and narrow
blood, steel, and marrow
will you still be there
my hope and arrow

one shot to mend
what we defend
i don't heal the same
these days

and we pretend
that there's no end
but we don't choose what we feel
these days

strength to borrow
love, fear, and sorrow
will you still be there
today, tomorrow

the straight and narrow
blood, steel, and marrow
will you be my
hope and arrow

one shot to mend
what we defend
i don't heal the same
as i used to

and we pretend
that there's no end
but we don't feel
what we choose to

hope and arrow
my hope and arrow
hope and arrow
by my side

hope and arrow
my hope and arrow
you stay by my side--

you are not alone

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