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Family
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"...respect to you friend / Respect and solidarity and love"


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Family

In eight installments I paid off my past
In eight books each more heartfelt than the last
And now as I prepare to leave the scene
I know the peace of mind of having been
Heard and understood at least by those who
I did all this for: I did it for you

Who read these words of mine at this late hour
Who know that there is more to life than power
I was no one only one of many
Outcast and poor who never had any

But I wrote about it all the way down
Remaining with my ship and now I drown
And yet for all of this my dream came true
I never had any regrets nor do
I here at the end: respect to you friend
Respect and solidarity and love

It was my great adventure the time of
My life with all the bad and all the good
I am content: I spoke you understood
That makes us family now you and me

A family whose power is poetry

+Steven Curtis Lance



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 Reviews of "Family"
Reviewed by Chrissy McVay
Reviewed on April 11, 2006
Straight from the heart Steven!

Reviewed by Susan Sonnen
Reviewed on April 11, 2006
this is just wonderful!!

Reviewed by Tinka Boukes
Reviewed on April 11, 2006
Excellent write!!

Love Tinka

Reviewed by Felix Perry
Reviewed on April 11, 2006
A great write and one to be proud of though premature, I am sure though that the subject of this write will be honoured and pleased to know you think so highly of him. Poetry though to use your own model is a never ending loan, you may pay the eight installments but you soon need to get a new image or plan into the future so you borrow on the gift God gave you and start making new payments all over again. Hope you keep on paying buddy.

Felix


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