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Changes

I watch the ripples change their size But never leave the stream Of warm impermanence and So the days float through my eyes But still the days seem the same And these children that you spit on As they try to change their worlds Are immune to your consultations They're quite aware of what they're going through Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes Turn and face the strain Ch-ch-Changes Don't tell them to grow up and out of it Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes Turn and face the strain Ch-ch-Changes Where's your shame You've left us up to our necks in it Time may change me But you can't trace time My Dad had a way of saying a lot with just a few words. When I would complain about the smallest change he would tell me, "It builds character." Once I became a teenager and figured it all out, my standard response became, "I think I have enough." Thankfully he repeated himself year after year. When I did not get accepted to my college of choice, the response wa