Notes: Wrote this over the Easter holidays while flat on my back with a chest infection. It's one of those songs/poems that simply went straight from the ether onto paper without engaging my mind first. I've had feedback on this from a group of fellow writers and they seemed to like it. One even mentioned that with aguitar (acoustic, perhaps), this could be a song. If anyone reading this can play a guitar, try doing so and reading/singing this out loud, and then leave a review - I'd love to know if it'd work to music.

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This Ol' World

I used to think we'd be happy
Someone to cry with
Someone to laugh with

I used to think of peace
Someone to love us
Someone to save us

But now,right now…
Now I ain't so sure

This ol' world keeps spinning on
And these eyes, they keep on seeing
Destruction
Confusion
Illusion

This ol' world keeps spinning on
And these ears, they keep on hearing
Weeping
Crying
Dying

But I couldn't see happiness, there was
No one to cry with
No one to laugh with

But I could't see peace, there was
No one to love me
No one to save me

But now,right now…
Now I need to believe, 'cause

There's been a change, oh yeah, there's been a change

For once in my life,
I'm not alone
For the first time,
I'm not alone
At last,
I'm not alone

'Cause you
You found me
You, oh you
You opened my heart

And now, right now…
Now I can live

This ol' world keeps spinning on
And these eyes, they start to see
Relief
Belief
Peace

This ol' world keeps spinning on
And these ears, they start to hear
Elevation
Jubilation
A soul nation

Please tell me it ain't a dream…

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