History Repeats

History repeats forever

Wandering in a wild fit

As a child longing to endeavor.

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Knights in armor fight whomever

Opposes the ideals of corrupted wit

History repeats forever.

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Rome falls anew with a simple lever

One may have thought to ponder and sit

As a child longing to endeavor.

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Napoleon rises and falls whenever

A tinge of French pride is unfit;

History repeats forever.

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Tomorrow brings another war wherever

A brazen sense of bravado does permit;

As a child longing to endeavor.

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The future holds the key to change—never

For it is obvious to deduce the writ:

History repeats forever

As a child longing to endeavor.

All I Wish

All I wish is to steal a kiss from you

Succulent and tangy as a citrus breeze

I’d paint it saffron and hide it from view.

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The world would never know the clue

For shadowed passes oft do people fail to perceive

All I wish is to steal a kiss from you.

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Love and lust always seem to surface anew

A titillating objective floats about with ease

I’d paint it saffron and hide it from view

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Whispered jealousy keeps circulating in lieu

Of the more scholarly words which one could release;

All I wish is to steal a kiss from you.

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We stare with innocent eyes askew

At the flickering orb above the summer seas;

I’d paint it saffron and hide it from view.

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Now we must say our bittersweet adieu,

Yet before the winds part us with unease

All I wish is to steal a kiss from you,

I’d paint it saffron and hide it from view.