You Fall for Others
They say, “If you fall, something is wrong.” I say, every fall is not for wrong. Sometimes you fall for those around In need of the grace you embody. Sometimes you fall for those on ground, Assailed
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Fall Lets You
Fall can be a mean master, caring companion Or a valuable servant working for us. Cruising Heights, fall lets you come down, calm down Step back, drop out, lie low, look farther, deeper; Crucial switches for critical turns
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Fall Becomes a Friend
When we bend to belong, delirious for acceptance Desperate to please, unable to draw the line or say no, When we become too pliant to stand, we falter, miss, Lose our place, fall from height and kiss the ground. The
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Grounds and Rules, Men and Limits
He was juggling tons of balls at the same time! Incomprehensible amazement was our response. Cheers followed him; admirers, then followers: He turned the center of attraction, reference point Scale with which the rest were weighed; indisputable Indispensable, for so
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Trips and Falls, Day and Night
There are falls superfluous, birthed by lack Of discernment, meddling, at ease in wary times. There are falls incomprehensible; preventable Inexcusable, offering nothing, stealing everything: Discernment and wisdom will guard the obedient. Walk the uncluttered path, work
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Fall, Our Bail
When we assume that life is less without us When we refuse to rouse from fallacies, drawn away By soppy songs that fan our vanity and tease our ego Snoring acceptance to stinking chorus that sinks ships: With our own hands, we
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Not Always a Minus
Every fall is not of weakness or meanness; Birthed by necessity, some cut us off harm’s way Like volunteers, they knock us down to get us out, Move us into where we won't elect; escape routes, Scorned because we think we
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Forces and Thoughts
Some won't think because they won't pause In sneaks a fall and down they go, shaking Hands with grounds they stamped, compelled To do what they won't. Left no choice or chance To run along, forced to stop, others
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Why Fear a Fall?
Wisdom warns; fear no one, fear nothing: Live free, live right, live well and fear not. In a fall, the myopic see only humiliation The overly cautious hear condemnation Consumed by regrets, both see only losses. Fall forces both to face truth
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The Inevitable
To every one yearning and reaching for change To everyone aspiring higher than the present; Longing for more, dreaming far and beyond To live farther from wants, closer to purpose Fall is inevitable. Fall is not always ill: For good
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