tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997156127535170082024-03-08T13:14:44.202-08:00Wondering CharlieThis will become a collection of my thoughts, questions, poems and ideas. Charlie Shreadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15015424922150874442noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299715612753517008.post-88834261647182993872012-12-12T07:23:00.003-08:002012-12-12T07:28:05.703-08:00Our Time Has Come<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We have been passengers</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="from:0" grmarkguid="0136a2c6-b0f0-4616-b0e5-fb2e2df190aa" gruiphraseguid="63a0635c-3410-4842-beb8-f85c1c02fba4">from</span> the day we were born,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="without:0" grmarkguid="c21cf02f-24d0-4c43-aa19-90c80bb0fae9" gruiphraseguid="fb10c6aa-0227-46ee-84b5-046c199e71fd">without</span> our word, we were sworn</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="to:0" grmarkguid="42aba04c-8616-465a-bf23-eef62af6f038" gruiphraseguid="f0eac385-b0c6-4a0c-b7e2-bbd1b161400d">to</span> a system that does not respect</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="humanity:0" grmarkguid="0a5d2af0-c41d-4ec7-947e-899c3ab029c1" gruiphraseguid="c088af97-23f7-4977-9f78-d745dd2f6aed">humanity</span> before the sect;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="a:0" grmarkguid="2b29cbe2-3d38-47a7-a338-b7c6ec723fdc" gruiphraseguid="1d06a54d-4001-44c8-81be-af8852f0e20a">a</span> small group,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="a:0" grmarkguid="f917c00f-c1e8-49a8-90ea-f9e725befdf4" gruiphraseguid="3575688e-5304-4cf4-8b4a-d89f3c42b083">a</span> few, it seems,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="neglect:0" grmarkguid="7499f2cc-5f37-443f-9bf7-bee792ca2372" gruiphraseguid="9a45414c-f5fb-432a-abb6-6bbaad7effd1">neglect</span> the prospect</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="of:0" grmarkguid="289085c5-8f8a-4a9d-a17e-5f5c85a86d64" gruiphraseguid="a9f1c1bf-9c6d-4868-ad98-36faafd2f7c9">of</span> a collective intellect.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The puppets of the chiefs </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="say:0" grmarkguid="521f5ec9-c440-4e24-b63c-fe6e7432e6df" gruiphraseguid="e8c9d059-51f0-4a37-9bfa-6e0405e465fd">say</span> we are free,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="yet:0" grmarkguid="3e34ee4b-bb7b-49d3-8101-4c1e5b7dbb81" gruiphraseguid="054b22cd-c308-4fca-9f1f-501c4621bbd1">yet</span> our tribes are tied</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="to:0" grmarkguid="d9db36b3-d152-46fd-9543-ac2dad075a1a" gruiphraseguid="1a230dba-136b-4075-9ad3-05530927cc06">to</span> commodity.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">How many times have we</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="bought:0" grmarkguid="adf54ce1-a045-4f7d-b7b4-f7ae44c9f25b" gruiphraseguid="24b2dc24-5ddc-4c57-a014-95cd7da83a8c">bought</span> and sold?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We work to get told:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Do what I say, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="and:0" grmarkguid="0f252c89-6cf1-4235-90fc-dd3d4edf2453" gruiphraseguid="96a32a9e-63ab-419e-80e0-46814e87afe6">and</span> give him the gold!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The chiefs stand proud,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="anchored:0" grmarkguid="3f76c97b-15ea-4bba-8e5c-d8c3c6665c43" gruiphraseguid="f51a88cb-62f8-4436-80be-a6bd314ead63">anchored</span>,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="atop:0" grmarkguid="2ce43581-7407-4664-a21e-756fc7445c5b" gruiphraseguid="f92328dc-7b9e-437c-b6dc-36ad6a2b6e04">atop</span> the smoking machine;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="the:0" grmarkguid="ce81b5b9-9f2a-42f7-b56f-f193b62301df" gruiphraseguid="8752be2a-ccc2-4bd4-8cf5-7b828cb72a3b">the</span> roots are deep, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="but:0" grmarkguid="65234b21-8a1a-45c5-b0d1-7f6dbac9331f" gruiphraseguid="8f57d99f-1144-4f0c-b3da-ae742f00d8b4">but</span> the earth is weak.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Whisper my friends,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="with:0" grmarkguid="59d68b23-ab18-49a8-9b2a-b5b887ff15f2" gruiphraseguid="4dc870fa-cfdc-4427-a3e7-1808a2011c85">with</span> me:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Their moral ground</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="is:0" grmarkguid="b2c29d8b-11ae-4d32-bd01-1f577a2d414e" gruiphraseguid="ceba7993-75d4-48a6-9555-88974b8cfb08">is</span> far from sound,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I saw a foot slip </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="and:0" grmarkguid="49154d50-3ec4-4997-b13c-273154968534" gruiphraseguid="8aace762-e0fa-4cba-8be3-d03d97996429">and</span> a trouser rip,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="a:0" grmarkguid="42a7e756-92c1-4111-bf89-534f03df1d1e" gruiphraseguid="abe17db3-e8ea-486d-bf1f-404e00d64cf4">a</span> feverish glance</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="amid:0" grmarkguid="4f90ad26-346f-448a-ba06-63cbd61b856a" gruiphraseguid="d0e4aa25-5c3f-419f-967e-fabae516d3d4">amid</span> the prance. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With their wagging fingers</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="and:0" grmarkguid="7478ccd2-37a3-4cc7-a08e-5674660f082a" gruiphraseguid="4d0b964c-56a5-43c4-a98f-359487ece69b">and</span> guilt-sweated palms,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="the:0" grmarkguid="732e9ea3-caf3-4c1f-9e0c-151be83ac4cf" gruiphraseguid="39404a23-d31a-4360-be10-2ed40dd5721e">the</span> cane will surely split</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="with:0" grmarkguid="d3f892a8-c0b6-4df5-bd34-2d223c46bcbb" gruiphraseguid="b9d43980-249b-491e-9f8a-1c67c0d89776">with</span> our demands?"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">They claim we are free,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="but:0" grmarkguid="d802ce64-d7b5-440a-8969-3d63862353a9" gruiphraseguid="c33dc713-e50b-4ae0-90b3-77ef95b9efb5">but</span> we know we are not.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We've seen through the smile</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="and:0" grmarkguid="740da38c-aa2d-493f-82e0-b117ce9366b5" gruiphraseguid="3295a0c0-dc7a-440f-a4de-13de16cc3675">and</span> arrogant denial,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="we're:0" grmarkguid="8734e49a-23db-4950-960e-031dea4f3359" gruiphraseguid="28f2e4ea-0c0c-4db1-90a0-749ae770da91">we're</span> used to the lies</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="and:0" grmarkguid="365abc43-b1a6-4f7e-9da4-c81690468228" gruiphraseguid="af9f705d-2925-4b95-9777-9aa2b5663260">and</span> policy surprise!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My friends, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Keep hope in your heart</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="and:0" grmarkguid="f8d0bfed-4870-45db-94cf-064fae947129" gruiphraseguid="9f4b474a-4da4-4ce8-8b0b-5d1655077953">and</span> fire in your eyes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We cannot let them</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="bring:0" grmarkguid="2ab03b7b-af5b-4311-a420-993d7c792a78" gruiphraseguid="56b8c2e0-670a-4a29-bbc5-c953a87125ac">bring</span> our demise.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Their time has past,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="it:0" grmarkguid="cbf3e883-143a-47b2-a1f3-9a5798d075d8" gruiphraseguid="85ccaa57-b4ea-4dbb-9406-2f39edbf2e56">it</span> is ours to grasp.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We are, my friends,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="my:0" grmarkguid="379b6a96-c246-4177-95be-a6c1cec8ece6" gruiphraseguid="02766267-a0b9-42c5-9feb-84846f371b91">my</span> fellow people, here. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">No longer sleeping alone,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="we:0" grmarkguid="4445638c-fcf9-4549-87a7-6bc1f8b69cf3" gruiphraseguid="8cf8bd2c-36ed-48e2-aeab-ad2d29647033">we</span> awake together. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Banded as one</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="through:0" grmarkguid="d6985026-b2a9-4903-b061-74804ce3049d" gruiphraseguid="787a655f-eac8-4f1d-a24e-d454497e523a">through</span> woven minds,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="connected:0" grmarkguid="22b9b039-6b3e-4c22-983e-a1586507f0a6" gruiphraseguid="889c5335-3f53-4cb6-b2b4-de9f923a29ba">connected</span> hearts, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="our:0" grmarkguid="52ead420-f73c-4a40-8929-f7a7a2f8473b" gruiphraseguid="054837c7-e750-4669-9569-58a8e58e0108">our</span> time has come,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="our:0" grmarkguid="76f5e0fa-d913-471d-b601-7c73e8b48bd7" gruiphraseguid="1e3c75ce-e8ca-4944-9c5d-187b17f67234">our</span> efforts combine.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Let us be heard,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="from:0" grmarkguid="0009d562-b878-4cba-995d-ca00cf214fbd" gruiphraseguid="f0199438-dcf3-4fbe-9e23-8c9d54704e6e">from</span> <span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="whisper:1" grmarkguid="4e91d745-3ece-4e47-8649-5e4f887009bc" gruiphraseguid="f0199438-dcf3-4fbe-9e23-8c9d54704e6e">whisper</span> to shout:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"We are the zeitgeist,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="humanity's:0" grmarkguid="2482a833-aca2-4ea4-8b86-aafac1cc3985" gruiphraseguid="cdead4de-6bf6-46ae-b276-bf2b0aee659d">humanity's</span> <span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="soul:1" grmarkguid="4d6b338d-2c7a-4c21-8b1d-566d1d71e094" gruiphraseguid="cdead4de-6bf6-46ae-b276-bf2b0aee659d">soul</span>, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We are the shadow</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="creeping:0" grmarkguid="0140dec3-5e08-4eac-9a51-918e0f48bf2e" gruiphraseguid="012bf40d-9d42-4c28-bf44-15e53253d115">creeping</span> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="over:0" grmarkguid="5e50963c-6b64-48c7-8ddb-fbddd89e136b" gruiphraseguid="66f54e38-90d3-4636-ba18-b4d879198898">over</span> your smile,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We are an idea </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="who's:0" grmarkguid="18b06dd9-84da-4693-adc0-9a02418b50c0" gruiphraseguid="7c4c68ed-f228-44dc-b29c-a0f9703aeefd">who's</span> time is here,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We are the young</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="in:0" grmarkguid="1a9f6df2-704c-40e9-9d6b-d6726740a878" gruiphraseguid="972720c0-a709-4b02-b948-0a403b2dbd08">in</span> the arms of the wise,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="we're:0" grmarkguid="0fd3ee96-80f3-4f4d-94c0-60d31dd21dfe" gruiphraseguid="cc737923-321b-47d3-8b45-5d4b02b8a486">we're</span> the dream, the vision, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="the:0" grmarkguid="73b5ce83-1785-4ad1-af9f-abcc23b38688" gruiphraseguid="acfaef0a-40e1-41af-97e7-1f988cf27c7e">the</span> <span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="lightspeed:1" grmarkguid="569357fa-78ac-4f00-8d08-c62dfd38e4fd" gruiphraseguid="acfaef0a-40e1-41af-97e7-1f988cf27c7e">lightspeed</span> collision,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="we:0" grmarkguid="d00d0ef1-f0f1-4fb6-a5da-90530396f7a4" gruiphraseguid="0bc28370-d194-4ba5-a811-90463c20582d">we</span> are the tide </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="and:0" grmarkguid="73597226-4132-4534-875b-556162976af3" gruiphraseguid="df9703a9-22c2-42cd-b16b-26ec27d3e2ea">and</span> the landslide,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="the:0" grmarkguid="af10ec58-6a89-4593-b522-c5a2797e4f8b" gruiphraseguid="1df73047-4b71-442c-ba18-394ed7992aa0">the</span> moonrise </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="and:0" grmarkguid="95ab74d4-098c-48fa-b717-7fde681d3134" gruiphraseguid="c669e7e5-ed06-4f3c-b572-3c87b6448aa4">and</span> the sunshine,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We are as natural as</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="the:0" grmarkguid="18c6acb7-57da-4016-81ea-fdc0243a3e6c" gruiphraseguid="4a012ece-519d-41e6-ad58-a15d9050634a">the</span> birth of a new way,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">STAND up!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It is <span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="we:0" grmarkguid="2627a41c-6324-4c34-b82c-1c7fa9365eb4" gruiphraseguid="10478bf3-cfc6-4190-97cd-06c9ccf5eb27">we</span> that make our history,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="all:0" grmarkguid="249fb890-f395-494a-80a8-d3dfc7410d71" gruiphraseguid="97e81572-cd6c-46b6-8db3-dcff78141eb7">all</span> of us, one family!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It is OUR time that has come.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Together, ARISE!"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My request is <span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="for:0" grmarkguid="084df132-ced2-4930-8c3e-6d88e148a701" gruiphraseguid="510eb07e-fe3d-4dd6-a74c-69f8ebb068e9">for</span> change:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We must involve all and wholly evolve;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="build:0" grmarkguid="876a03de-31ee-4b9e-ac03-9939b38f8268" gruiphraseguid="e209a4a6-cf1b-434b-8a67-b7ed3250d47b">build</span> networks for change </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="that:0" grmarkguid="068c508e-8e27-4842-8b2c-cfeef8e22779" gruiphraseguid="ae36d61b-bdab-480e-bf33-60be18760286">that</span> <span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="make:1" grmarkguid="660bb7b8-7a0d-4bb2-bdcf-60e99fa39844" gruiphraseguid="ae36d61b-bdab-480e-bf33-60be18760286">make</span> the existing, <span class="GRnoSuggestion GRcorrect" grcontextid="unlistening:2" grmarkguid="131b2f9d-dd98-48d5-b77f-69ab275b9fab" gruiphraseguid="ae36d61b-bdab-480e-bf33-60be18760286">unlistening</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="system:0" grmarkguid="b4fbb579-f255-4d19-b6c8-876193ee5384" gruiphraseguid="0edd3a39-faa8-4082-8b6a-77bc98f61085">system</span> <span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="dissolve:1" grmarkguid="812cddc0-134e-48e6-b28d-e457d36e7939" gruiphraseguid="0edd3a39-faa8-4082-8b6a-77bc98f61085">dissolve</span>. </span></div>
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