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Letters

from Leaving Home by Laura K. Balke

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The mailman’s here and gone
Is there something in my box
Anticipation builds as I fumble with the lock
To find a bunch of nothing
Just like the day before
I’ve got a stack on unanswered letters
But I guess I wanted more

I could use a lesson from
My ten-year-old brother
On Christmas morning he said
“Mom I don’t think I’m able
To give as much as I receive”
A thought so obvious
That it never struck me

There’s a blue mail receptacle
For my apartment complex
That I pass at least twice a day
Well the post hasn’t gone out yet
I could recycle my self pity
In to a letter for someone else
I could do a lot of things but usually act on
What benefits myself

God I know I'm not able
To give as much as I receive
And I take advantage of that
Help me pick up pen and paper
To put the focus on
Something that's not addressed to me

And I don’t think I’m able
To give as much as I receive
But I’ll give it a shot
Like it’s Christmas eve

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from Leaving Home, released December 26, 2007
Guitar and voice-Laura K. balke
Melodica- Philip Balke
Sleigh bells- Mike Adams

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Laura K. Balke Indianapolis, Indiana

I love winners when they cry, losers when they try, music when it's good, and life

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