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When do you let it go Or employ it with a flourish The past it shapes you, now and to come When do you come to a stop Or push beyond The pain so recurrent, the suffering your choice When do you follow it Or take the alternate path The beat ever-guiding, or conventional too much When do you eat it Or wait for more and save Marshmallow soft and tasty, sticky coloured stuff When do you make a change Or stubbornly stand your ground Evolution constantly - or holding back the waves Lying or a truthing Each one it has its time Destination or the journey We circle round again Idealism, cynicism Have moments here and there Waiting, coming, going We may do without a care There is a moment to destroy So much still to create Multiple voices or just one The option always awaits Then an instant when to share Or out of sight a time to hide Black or white or grey or colour Song of palette, dance of brush And smiling, frowning or mouth quite straight Emotions felt, passion disloyal Fear and hope they ring their bells Rhyme and reason sometimes clang Experience teaches, innocence drives Come each instant When we draw upon the lesson When we rise, and fall again When the dawn quits every night When we fight and reconcile We simply move, in a complex world Searching the meaning When