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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Sad
<p><br/></p><p>Twinkle, twinkle, little star,</p><p>Do you miss who children are?</p><p>Every night you keep your place,</p><p>While we lose ourselves in haste.</p><p><br/></p><p>Once I knew your every gleam,</p><p>You were stitched inside each dream.</p><p>Now I pass beneath your light...</p><p>Too exhausted just to look.</p><p><br/></p><p>Twinkle, twinkle, patient sky,</p><p>How many hopes have watched you die?</p><p>How many promises were made</p><p>Only to dissolve with age?</p><p><br/></p><p>You still shine where wishes start;</p><p>I just learned they break your heart.</p><p>Funny how you never moved,</p><p>I was only passing through.</p><p><br/></p><p>Every child still calls your name,</p><p>Every song remains the same.</p><p>Only we return one day</p><p>Unable to sing all the way.</p><p><br/></p><p>Twinkle, twinkle, little friend,</p><p>Tell me... where do lost dreams end?</p><p>Do they gather in your glow,</p><p>Waiting for the ones below?</p><p><br/></p><p>If you see the child I was,</p><p>Tell him not to fear because</p><p>Life won't steal his hope at once, </p><p>Only one small star each month.</p><p><br/></p><p>Twinkle, twinkle, little sad,</p><p>Keeper of the dreams we had.</p><p>When they teach this song again,</p><p>Smile for all the children then.</p><p><br/></p><p>And if one looks up at you,</p><p>Certain every dream comes true,</p><p>Shine as brightly as you can...</p><p><br/></p><p>Someone once did that for me.</p>
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