"...the great lesson that life while not fair / Is full of surprise for curious eyes"

Surprised

If I ever had anything to lose
I probably would have lost it by now
If I was once given the chance to choose
I might well have made the wrong choice somehow
Sure made my share of mistakes anyway
Forgotten now (don't mind doesn't matter)
I just look back and laugh at this late hour
Having developed a taste for surprise

I never really had much of a say
Not being one of the ones with the power
Just picked up such crumbs as fate might allow
Went hungry as the fat cats got fatter
Did what I thought was my best every day
Picked up a few tricks between there and here
Learned the great lesson that life while not fair
Is full of surprise for curious eyes

It surprises me to be anywhere
After years of seemingly meaningless
Ins and outs and ups and downs and sideways
Adventures so I can handle I guess
Such phantasmagoric frolicsome days
As I might endure as I know for sure
Mortality's a disease with no cure
Except to let go: to let go of fear

I just look back and laugh at this late hour
Surprised to be one of the ones with the power

+Steven Curtis Lance



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