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excuses

 excuses are but just one thing

and that’s a masking of the truth

enough to evade the answer

with your answer that seems all too smooth

for truth sometimes is a painful thing

that seems better put aside

hoping you’ll awake some morning

with no more excuses by your side

but dreams like that are for fairy tales

and you should have grown up way past that

or maybe not, have you regressed

until you don’t know where you’re at?

and what’s worse is that after a while

of professing this and that

you can actually start believing it

and then you really lose your bet

for when reality eventually disappears

and you’re left with what you’ve told

you’re also left with something that will disappear

when the real truth does unfold

so teach your children right from wrong

by always practicing what you preach

instead of coming up with those excuses

that keeps the truth always out of reach

for if you can stand up to the plate, my friend

and take all that gets dished out

and listen what is actually said

before you start to pout

you may just finally break the chain

that’s always held you down

and address those problems truthfully

with smiles instead of frowns

for we all do make mistakes my friend

and we also can make amends

when excuses finally leave the issue

and the truth leads you to an end.

22 September 2000