Morgan Balanaser

A very important role is being a Dad

Setting a good example for your
lasses, and your lads
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Two strangers
I have not previously seen
Cause me as much joy in this world, as I've felt
By causing joy to one another
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My head is too hard
My heart too soft
My will too flexible
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An endless loop, of pain and sorrow
It keeps returning to me
I cannot stay
I cannot go
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A heart yearns, for romance,
for love, for passion, for companionship.

A head knows, that dream is just a dream,
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Are these the drums of death I hear?
Spelling the doom of Democracy

Free speech infringed for pronouns, and offence.
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When pressure strains your mind and body both

And nerves tingle with sensitivity
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The past is dark, and ugly.
For this is how we learn
Not one of us is free of ancestors
Who did another burn
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Sitting in a waiting room, or
walking through a thrift store
I'm sometimes frozen by anxiety at the thought
That these others around me would have opposed me being in here mask-free a few short years ago
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Oh Queen of Queens, whose mind knows no self-flaw!
Allow me to burst the glorious mirage you treat as law
Trust not your lessons in university
Most men seek to serve women, not oppress
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He thought he'd never get a woman

So strong was his hate, he wanted to rape
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I feel the noose tighten around my neck

I watch the crowds sneering, believing my death is deserved justice
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In this society where so much goes on that I abhor
what am I grateful for?

I'm grateful for the aid of relatives, and friends
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I said no to the tyranny of school
No to the pre- set curriculum, work, and rules
No to the early start, and packed schedule
But society didn't listen - they just forced me through
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If you are kind, yet firm
If you avoid frivolity, and promiscuity - lest you get burned
If you choose your husband well and; love, respect, and accept him for who he is, warts and all
If you follow his lead without resentment
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Oh listen here you dogs!
You must not continue to hog
With useless studies young people's time
If you want their lives to have either reason, or rhyme
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We are each born into this life.
We find with boons, and setbacks it is rife.
We learn, and grow throughout the days - and years.
It's magical when we find someone we hold dear.
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Congrats on your journey this far in life
Through all of the seasons from flaming to ice
Through all of the wonders, and horrors you've seen
Your efforts paid off signed by the dean
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Why did you betray me --?
Why did you turn on - a friend?
Not a day goes by that I do not feel the loss -
the loss of the friendship that could be.
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When things look grim
And it seems your on the point of no win
Do not review what could have been
Look around upon the ground
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