You can change your house
and change your name
you can change your job
and seek new fame
you can change every
external game
but you can't leave you behind
You can change your spouse
and change your mate
you can have a brand new
nightly date
You can try to clean your
dirty slate
but you can't leave you behind
You can change your kids
and change your pets
you can change the odds
and place your bet
but there's a simple truth
you can't forget...
You can't leave you behind
This was written December 2002 and has been posted on my website but never on AD.
Love the fast, insistent rhythm Lori. I read it as suggesting that inspite of the crazy pace of life that drives us along, we can always go back and find who we really are. But there are several valid interpretations of course.
Nice to see you again, its been a while.
Ian
A new take on change, Lori. Things change but the essence of people don't. We just found my uncle after he disapeared in 1962. He died in 1995, after living essentially (much less flamboyant, in essence, tragic) the same life, incognito.
Change is an essential part of our evolving world .
The key to success in life is adaptibility to a changing environment , movement with the times , and creating and recreating the perfect format for our life , grounded in God and his Commandments .
Under Amber Skies, written by author and poet Jill Eisnaugle, is a wonderful collection of rhyming poetry guaranteed to please every reader. In this, her second book, she writes of new friendships kindled, as well as old friendships solidified. She g
WISH I WROTE IT........LOL.
pax.........A :)
enjoyed much.... don't you ever change your lovely poetry
William
nice job.
Very wise words here Lori.
Thanks for sharing a very
well written poem.
Warm Hugs
Elga
Nice to see you again, its been a while.
Ian
Reindeer
Love Tinka
superb write Loria.........
The key to success in life is adaptibility to a changing environment , movement with the times , and creating and recreating the perfect format for our life , grounded in God and his Commandments .
Nice write Lori
Peter Paton
rhythm and rhyme! Fantastic!
Excellent!
TRASK
change is of the essence ...
well penned ...