four more years

in the clearing I can see it

after the smoke has cleared

slowly, it comes forward

slowly, it's revealed

the engine moving onward

quickly it shifts gears

as he said it would be

all the left side fears

revealing deep dark secrets

the hidden accuracies

transparency is key now

and all that I believed

the way that it is handled

somewhat miraculously

it's like he has a playbook

or magic up his sleeve

yes, I can finally see it

the smoke begins to clear

four more years of wisdom

as greatness reappears

shushing foreign powers

from a heart that steers

advancing what he told us

at least for four more years

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green

eyes of green, the darkest hue

an Irish temper through which rath spews

lightning or fire, thunder or rain

too many thoughts, in this full brain

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enough

she told them her dreams and they said she was crazy

when she sat in silence, they said she was lazy

when she would lead, they talked behind her back

when she offered opions, they said she was lacking

no longer hearing, the storms deep inside

banished with silence, she took them in stride

choosing not to engage with anger or self doubt

she chewed on them slowly, then spit them all out

she studied more on balance, and when to let go

the moon in its phases, the ebbs and the flow

she learned just to listen, being true to herself

built up her courage that she had once shelved

avoiding the ones, that tried to belittle

that wasted her time, making her soul too brittle

she wasn't too quiet, too prideful or meek

but was strong and resilient, and ideas she did speak

she wasn't too little, more like just enough

she polished the diamond, ridding all the rough

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