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Up Where We Belong
from Eastern Tide Volume VII, Spring 1989
by Connections at Brandeis: A BIPOC Literary & Arts Magazine
'Up Where We Belong'
That One precious second, for One Moment In Time only to be cherished, belonging now to the Past But when it was shared, between You and I a magic it so held, Always and Forever to last
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Where destined are timedrops, that so beautifully did fall Do they wither and dry, or do to Memories they fill We'll often wonder what If, for Didn't We Almost Have It All And our hearts shall remember, for all tomorrows, Still
All At Once did we then kindle, such a fierce, fervent flame to endure in its glow, still warm, whenever recalled Life's whole, are just chanced parts, and risk forfeits blame So one lives on and accepts, as The Winner Takes It All
One In A Million you, to feel such hope and love, such pain Even Now, You're the Inspiration, to learn how to feel and give To the past, you can say to yourself, I Made It Through The Rain Now to future goals and dreams, may you Truly have all, and live
If these lines should touch you tender, for what's remembered in a Forgive me for my yesterdays, and grant a friends Hello, again Perhaps its by friendship true, we'll reach to Up Where We Belong And so to you, I write these words, to be answered, if and when.
Mi Lan