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Any Season

In a storm, you look for shelter in the heat, you look for shade,

In the desert, you look for water, look for cover in the rain,

That’s just common knowledge be prepared when seasons change,

But the home we built just me and you will always keep us safe,

Now, some may say I’m crazy, simple minds may say it’s strange,

But they don’t know our journey or the things we overcame,

All they saw was all smiles and laughs on sunny days,

But we know what made us strong is being stranded in the rain,

Wasn’t always stable ground, earthquakes came and made us shake,

No matter how hard it hit, the house would never break,

There were hurricanes, the calm is what we caved, and we never strayed,

We keep it solid until it finally fades away,

You’re the eye of my tornado, my remedy to pain,

There’s nothing left to worry about there’s strength in what we made,

The droughts have never stopped us through the floods we stayed the same,

All I need is you, and I’ll be good any day.

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Every piece comes from someone serving a sentence. Every piece reminds you they are so much more than that.

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