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Worst of Changes Rewrite (1/14/2006)

Let’s look at these people cause everyone’s changing
You turn for a moment then you can’t find the same thing
The way that it may seem is everything’s racing
It happens so quickly, it’s driving me crazy
Cause I can’t predict it, can’t see where I’m going
The who, when and why and the reasons I’m growing
It all seems to be an illusion that’s showing
The pace keeps on moving with no signs of slowing
With friends on the right who say they’re not leaving
And those on the left who are running and fleeing
None of them see me cause they’re moving too quickly
All running in chaos ’til the clue hits me swiftly
That even at fifty, when you’d think it’d be better
Things only keep changing and few stay together
They’ve shared fifteen years, now it’s their anniversary
She says that she’s cheated and she’s speaking so nervously
It wasn’t done purposely, I feel that we’re different
I just needed some space and we’re growing so distant
And at this very instant, he’s crying and shaking
Time carried on and he wasn’t done changing

It’s these kind of things that make life what it is
But the pain’s tough to bear and so hard to forgive
In our hearts, we’re all kids, though even that’s changing
We’re all growing up and slowly we’re aging
And I know that it may seem that it’s all for the worst
The tears that we cry as we recall all the hurt
But, if nothing is learned then there wasn’t a purpose
The lessons that burn as we change as a person

Notes: This poem was actually, originally, written by Joanna. I wanted to see if I could redo her message and phrase it in my styling.

Original Version:

People and times
Changing so quickly
Faster than a pair of eyes
That just can’t stop blinking.
One moment after the next
Unable to predict
What will happen when?
What will happen where?

Best friends at one point
Enemies the next.
Unable to predict
What can happen next.

Married couples of fifteen years
Maybe even more
Sharing glasses of high class wine
Swearing to never hurt the other.
But just a few moments later
What can come of their love?
Will they still long for eachother
Or swear to never go back to the other?

People and times
Changing so quickly
And most of the time
It’s the worst of changes.

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