If…..Laced With Love
If you can dream with no ceiling
Soar without wings
Experience the wondrous feeling
Liberation brings
If you can recognise value
Nor covet material possessions
Bestow respect when due
Accepting faults and transgressions
If you can follow your heart
When the naysayers scream no
Even when it tears you apart
You’re a hero
If you can dance through the darkness
Creating your rainbow
Brighter days, no less
Are destine to follow
If you can navigate life
Retaining the enthusiasm of a child
Amidst both serenity and strife
Radiating grace so mild
If you can make love with searing passion
But not lust after the forbidden
Kiss in the most enthusiastic fashion
Displaying emotions once hidden
If you can treat people as equals without exception
Staying humble, regardless of wealth
Whilst resisting the urge to profit from deception
Upholding morals dear to oneself
If you can offer solace to a stranger
In the midst of their darkest hour
Shield society’s vulnerable from danger
Fuelled by love’s power
If you can counter with kind acts
In the face of unflinching hate
Ignore rumour in favour of facts
Let happiness be your fate
If you can tolerate the merchants of misery
Whilst spreading seeds of hope
Enriching souls aching to be free
With the strength to cope
If you can walk in another man’s shoes
Without judgement or cruel tongue
Be considerate with your views
To those you exist among
If you can sing with swallows
At first morning light
Cherishing what follows
Glorious day, majestic night
If you can love like there’s no tomorrow
Without hindrance of regret
Despite the spectre of sorrow
You’ll find your sunset
If you can walk with dignified restraint
In the shadow of death
No utterance of compliant
Until your final breath
If you can muster the strength to smile
When inside, your heart is breaking
Just hold on my friend for a while
This beautiful world is yours for the taking.
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