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A Smile to Shorten the Distance

from Story Moving Off the Pages by RBC + Thomas M. East

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A SMILE TO SHORTEN THE DISTANCE

A smile to shorten the distance between us
A conversation to make time pass faster
Sped up, slowed down the power is among us
There is a will & a way for all of us to master
By day, witness soul quenching sunlight
By night there is sometimes a sorrowful moon
But don't fret because the universe intersperses starlight
To wish upon, admire, enliven & to swoon
There is a limit to these earthly ways
We hope & pray for continuation
Existence marked & measured by years & days
We put effort & care towards amelioration
We have the means to transmigrate
To a better time & place
It is all inside for you to activate
An extension into space
Enlightened & anticipatory
Enlivened by this new found glory
Unfrightened & revelatory
The time is nigh to be celebratory
A smile to shorten the distance between us
A song to make our hearts rejoice
It has been noted & said thus
That there are often decisions & most always choice
For we can take it or leave it
Advice that can be gleaned
Absorb, reflect & receive it
Is the best way it seems
Your life is a story
That you wrote by yourself
There has been hardship & glory
& a love filled wealth
A natural order
That mirrors the heavens
Go past the border
To the future that leavens
Enlightened & anticipatory
Enlivened by this new found glory
Unfrightened & revelatory
The time is nigh to be celebratory
A smile has shortened the distance between us
Sped up or slowed down the power is among us

– Thomas M. East

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from Story Moving Off the Pages, released April 6, 2019

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