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Where time fades away

In the corner of the soul where time fades away,
you chase riches that in the end are just spray.
You give in to the race, to the pleasure of gain,
but when life calls, will you know how to sustain?

The house, the car, the money in hand,
are distant echoes of a future unplanned.
And the heart? Where is the essence pure?
Love can't be bought, it can't be measured by lure.

You keep accumulating, running non-stop,
but forget what it means to love, to truly hop.
When will you enjoy the sea’s endless span?
Anger, revenge, whispers in the ear,
they drag you down, leaving you unclear.

You live convinced that happiness will come in due time,
but what if today is your final climb?
What if you wake up, staring at the void,
with the feeling that your life’s been destroyed?

Death looks at you, so near and so quiet,
and in that moment, what will you rely on in your riot?
Not gold, not the car, not fame's shining light,
but hugs, and moments that feel so right.

You’ll think of each wasted, forgotten day,
the times love was pushed away.
When you lost sight of what truly matters,
the beauty of being, the peace that flatters.

Peace, compassion, forgiveness as you walk,
those are the keys that will help you talk.
Don’t repeat the shadows others left behind,
don’t follow the fear that many confined.

Rise up, even when the...