Pre-Emptive Strike

by Peter Saint-Andre

I know you're safe but are you sound
I know you're lost but have you found
A way to live that's not so narrow
A bow that can restrain the arrow
You load and aim at your own soul
The blow you strike against your goal

It's happiness that cannot be
While you refuse the path that's free
Not free from payment, challenge, strife
But free for living your only life
Your only life, there's none above
It's here that you must show your love

Show your love
Of what you feel and know to be your goal
Know your goal
Is something hidden deep within your soul
In your soul
There's life and love that you have long denied
You've denied
The sacred fire that only you can hide
You can't hide

The hardest fight is not to win
It's warding off the only sin
Not giving in to others' might
But giving up your own true sight
Of what you can and cannot be
Of what you have inside that's free

Show your love
Of what you feel and know to be your goal
Know your goal
Is something hidden deep within your soul
In your soul
There's life and love that you have long denied
You've denied
The sacred fire that only you can hide
You can't hide


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