Authentic
\nVCS <\/p>\n
Authentic in my pain
\nAuthentic in my joy
\nAuthentic in my love
\nIt scares the evil away
\nWhen you pour your heart out
\nEvery word <\/p>\n
The anguish in your voice
\nYour love in your eyes
\nThe delight of a birch bud
\nGlowing on your skin
\nIt’s not the same
\nFor frauds
\nWhen each lie accumulates in the
\nBlocks of caution
\nIn their eyes
\nAnd being authentic
\nHurts the world of betrayals <\/p>\n
Authentic in my pain
\nAuthentic in my joy
\nAuthentic in my love
\nIt scares the evil away
\nWhen you pour your heart out
\nEvery word <\/p>\n
I can’t be any other way
\nI can’t ever change
\nI can say my truth more kind
\nI can walk away
\nI don’t have to be cruel to be true
\nBut I have to be true to each little cell
\nThat pumps life into my body and soul
\nBecause that is my spirit <\/p>\n
Authentic in my pain
\nAuthentic in my joy
\nAuthentic in my love
\nIt scares the evil away
\nWhen you pour your heart out
\nEvery word <\/p>\n
And that is me
\nAuthentic in my pain
\nWatch my tears flow
\nMy heart break and pour out
\nonto the floor
\nA thousand times the joy
\nOf the little things
\nAnd the big things too
\nThat overwhelm and make me silent
\nIn appreciation of all the beauty in the world
\nThis is authentic <\/p>\n
Authentic in my pain
\nAuthentic in my joy
\nAuthentic in my love
\nIt scares the evil away
\nWhen you pour your heart out
\nEvery word <\/p>\n
Lots of times it hurts
\nIt isn’t always pretty
\nIt is always beautiful
\nEven when it’s hideous too
\nThe blights are so much darker
\nThe days are brighter too
\nMy passion won’t let me
\nWhen my heart screams no no no <\/p>\n
Authentic in my pain
\nAuthentic in my joy
\nAuthentic in my love
\nIt scares the evil away
\nWhen you pour your heart out
\nEvery word
\nAuthentic in my pain
\nAuthentic in my joy
\nAuthentic in my love
\nIt scares the evil away
\nWhen you pour your heart out
\nEvery word <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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