The Next Song I Sing

The next song I sing

Must ring true for me,

To thwart the sadness I see

Permeating my life.

The next song I sing

Must bring out the few –

Moments of doubt I’ve used

To define my life.

The next song I sing

Must be something of a ode,

To past friends I chose and left –

Behind in my life.

The next song I sing

Must swing round to family –

Those who knew me, loved me,

And lived previously.

The next song I sing

Must envision the things I still –

Feel are real for me,

Making life extraordinary.

The next song I sing

Must fling away a reliance on –

And establish defiance in –

Living as others expect of me.

The next song I sing

Must be illuminating too,

Describing the love for you –

I have felt throughout my life.

The next song I sing

Must spring from the heart,

Where our lives start, and course –

Through our veins like a summer rain.