MY LIFE'S CRUSADE

The sky resembles late night embers now

When the fire in the stones is finally giving out

It remains breathtaking, so I’m anchored here

Knowing I won’t part until it disappears

I claim the panorama as my very own

An offering of solace for my milestone

I surrendered you, and started my crusade

To radiate with life, free of your restraint

~~~*Chorus*~~~

I had to sacrifice

Permit myself to live

I was fading in your grasp

But you wouldn't give

I barely existed

Your oppressive ways

So I summoned up the courage

For my life’s crusade

~~*~~

I did not give lightly, my honored pledge

I’m the affirmation, the swords double edge

The tragedy and triumph are like civil war

Half of me holds victory, the other scars

As I gaze upon the beauty of the waning sky

Exhilaration battles with the dire need to cry

I nod my thanks, to the heavens, for the fine display

Reaffirm the vindication, of my life’s crusade

~~~*2^nd Chorus*~~~

That I must sacrifice

Permit myself to live

I was fading in your grasp

But you wouldn't give

I barely existed

Your oppressive ways

So I summoned up the courage

Started my crusade

~~*~~

In every demonstration there are enemies

And I can’t justify the cause to your family

Some label me a traitor some beg me to stay

One’s an adversary to my life’s crusade

~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~

Yes I’ll always love you somewhere tucked away

But that won’t weaken the defenses of my crusade

The embers are extinguished in the darkened sky

And I am a crusader for the right to life

~~*~~

~~~*Final Chorus*~~~

I had to sacrifice

Permit myself to live

I was fading in your grasp

But you wouldn't give

I barely existed

Your oppressive ways

So I summoned up the courage

or my life’s crusade

~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
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