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The U-Turn
Like you, you are pressured and pressed.
Society gives out instructions but doesn't show us what to do with them.
Four walls barricade you, forcing you only to look at the dark.
Your soul evaporates each day and adds onto the past,
But your heart shows why you are still human.
If temptation is behind every mistake,
Then the cycle of regret will begin again.
Like you, there are no brakes.
When are people going to learn how to repair the world?
When are you to smile? Do not be the face of society.
There is a thrusting pain that comes back and engulfs the weak.
It is your fuel for tomorrow. Like you,
Directions mean nothing as long as you're going straight,
Satisfying everybody that passes in front.
Someone else is driving your life, but you're in the passenger seat.
Ditches arise in every gap of life to
Remind us what is right again. People can get stuck and cemented to their habits.
It's a numb chain. People need help.
So they look at the other side of the road.
The other cars are turning a different direction.
They have found themselves making the perfect U-turn.
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