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A peak behind the curtains, The stripping of the facade, Let's peak inside my head, And prepare to be awed... ;-) Photo is of Lake Nakuru in Kenya.

"The Fifth"

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by DarthPadre

by DarthPadre

And this to me is a new years day

The fifth

Not a day highly celebrated

The fifth, rather hung over

A nation of nationalities

A nation of diversities

On the fifth remember

United by the soil that graces our feet

Kept together with paper decrees

United by rejection

Kept together by circumstance

United by hopes and dreams

Kept together by hopes and dreams

United by God

Kept together by faith

United by economy

Kept together with currency

And on the fifth

Strive to carry life

Strive to cure strife

And on the fifth

See lies for lies

Hear the nation's cries

And on the fifth

Do not think with despair

But with you neighbor share

And on the fifth

Know who we are

An incomplete mural

Of many dimensions

And on the fifth

Know that we have to be

An artist, a creator, a contributor

Be us, and us be we

And on the fifth

Remember

The final chapter is never wrought

All good works time bought

Paint the canvas beautiful

This fifth and forward