I’ve seen the world
Or maybe I strive to see it
Perhaps I just glimpsed the world
And all the wonders in it
I never said I traveled the world
Though my passport is stamped of it
Traveling to places around the world
I’ve got the pictures to prove it
But really seeing the world
Involved … being a part of it
I’d like to be a person of the world
But a local of a country can’t be it
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© Sherine Meshad, 20 Oct 2005
I drew a picture of you in mind
One that doesn’t age, grow or change
I painted you with the colours of the past
Bright, bold colours of a distant youth
The picture gave me comfort varying times
For nothing is constant but fortunes unpredictability
Weathering hard times, is so much easier
With the option of retreat into the magnificent past
But times have changed, and so have I
My skin is much thicker than it use to be
In my heart I know, your picture is just a ghost of time gone by
And so I bid you farewell and go on with my life
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© Sherine Meshad, 5 Oct 2005
