SAND & STONE
TWO FRIENDS WERE WALKING THROUGH THE DESERT
DURING SOME POINT OF THE JOURNEY, THEY HAD AN ARGUMENT;
AND ONE FRIEND SLAPPED THE OTHER ONE IN THE FACE
THE ONE WHO GOT SLAPPED WAS HURT,
BUT WITHOUT SAYING ANYTHING,
WROTE IN THE SAND
TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE
THEY KEPT ON WALKING, UNTIL THEY FOUND AN OASIS,
WHERE THEY DECIDED TO TAKE A BATH
THE ONE WHO HAD BEEN SLAPPED GOT STUCK IN THE MIRE!
AND STARTED DROWNING BUT THE FRIEND SAVED HIM.
AFTER HE RECOVERED FROM THE NEAR DROWNING,
HE WROTE ON A STONE:
'TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE'
THE FRIEND WHO HAD SLAPPED AND SAVED HIS BEST FRIEND
ASKED HIM, 'AFTER I HURT YOU, YOU WROTE IN THE SAND AND NOW,
YOU WRITE ON A STONE, WHY?'
THE FRIEND REPLIED 'WHEN SOMEONE HURTS US
WE SHOULD WRITE IT DOWN IN SAND,
WHERE WINDS OF FORGIVENESS CAN ERASE IT AWAY.
BUT, WHEN SOMEONE DOES SOMETHING GOOD FOR US,
WE MUST ENGRAVE IT IN STONE,
WHERE NO WIND CAN EVER ERASE IT'
LEARN TO WRITE YOUR HURTS IN THE SAND
AND TO CARVE YOUR BENEFITS IN STONE.
THEY SAY IT TAKES A MINUTE TO FIND A SPECIAL PERSON,
AN HOUR TO APPRECIATE THEM,
A DAY TO LOVE THEM, BUT THEN
AN ENTIRE LIFE TO FORGET THEM.
Shelter by Corrinne May
What's wrong, what's getting you down * Is it something I might have said? * You're walking around * with your head to the ground * and your eyes are watery red
I know you've been through tough times * Kicked around, thrown to the ground * but you've always been the strong one * So don't tell me that nobody gets you * 'cause I'm standing in your corner * Knocking at your door * You don't have to be alone
Just call my name * Let me be an answer * 'cause it hurts me to see you this way * I wanna ease your pain * Help me understand * Let me be your shelter my friend
We share a bond * You and I we belong * We're like coffee and morning trains * You strip my defenses, * I catch your pretences * The same blood runs through our veins * I swore I'd be your lifeline * Made a vow that I'd surround you with love at every milestone * I'll listen when nobody gets you * I'm still standing in your corner * Waiting by your door * You don't have to be alone
Just call my name * Let me be an answer * 'cause it hurts me to see you this way * I wanna ease your pain * Help me understand * Let me be your shelter my friend
It was not too long ago * You sought to understand * You helped me mend * Remember when * So promise me you'll
Call my name * Let me be an answer * 'cause it hurts me to see you this way * I wanna ease your pain * Help me understand * Let me be your shelter my friend
melie
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