i can only go forward from here.

come with me and you will be rewarded.

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i can only go forward from here.

come with me and your chains will forfeit.

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i can only go forward from here.

come with me and no longer be lowly.

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i can only go forward from here.

come with me and never be lonely.

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i am above no one.

i am human and for that i am humble.

i cannot see past this tomorrow.

i am no better than you for your struggle.

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you can only go forward from here.

i'll go anywhere you go.

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i will lift you up

with nimble hands and a contorted spine.

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if we are weak alone, we can help each other prosper.

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forward evermore, there is only prosperity,

for you, for me, for our posterity.

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whether we climb to the utmost branches of life,

or descend to the humble-most roots,

we are saplings that will grow into mighty evergreens

and sow our seeds wherever we choose.

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forward only can we go,

i will not tide you backwards.

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ebb and flow, our energies go.

i will not tide you backwards.

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for better or worse, in tumult or despair,

i will not tide you backwards.

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your ugliest cry is my greatest rejoice,

i will not tide you backwards.

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i smile at the vitality of your life.

your beating heart pounds outside of your chest.

i to you and you to i,

shall we never cause another distress.

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in the crisp, cold, cutting waters,

i dive in to pull you out from under.

i take in gusts of unbreathable liquids

and am baptized by the freedom of asunder

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from bindings i cannot thrive in.

freedom is four lungs full of ocean water.

paradise is dry-land and wet-land

where we live without the bindings of false notions.

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take a leap of faith and keep going.

free fall through the arms of the tree.

i will grab you by your spiraling forearms

and hoist you up to the canopy.

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you will see the sun,

it will kiss your cheeks.

i will watch you from below.

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you will fall in love,

as water flows down creeks.

you will never be alone.

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the green foliage will envelope you

in such adoration outpour.

the earth that birthed you will birth you again

crying, naked, once more.

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and you will grow again in the most humus.

i will water you until you can leave.

then i will take you up once more in my arms,

and forward again we'll be.