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Misinterpreting the Angels

from 100 Summers by James Lee Baker

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This is a conversation piece to myself in the wake of a divorce from seven years of marriage. It was in my loneliness and grief and through the battle to rediscover and love myself that I learned of my failures in the relationship and how I dragged her along in my indecisiveness.

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You first international flight
To a place that you have never been
To meet a woman, kind and fair
From a gentle, peculiar land

You thought you went there to find
your darling, eternal lover
But little did you realize
It was yourself that you would discover

A feeling in your gut
You refer to divine intuition
A sudden urge to walk away
But you insisted that you take this mission

Like a thirsty, stubborn mule
You didn't listen and you never do
Eager to fill a void inside
Determined to see this through

There are angels on the other side
And you believed they were your guides
Telling you that she was not the one
But all they were trying to do
Was protect her from you

She would greet you at the gate
With her arms stretched open wide
How could she have known what you'd do
In the seven years that would pass by

When your eyes met at last
It was in that moment that you knew
That you did not belong to her
And she did not belong to you

There are angels on the other side
And you believed they were your guides
Telling you that she was not the one
But all they were trying to do
Was protect her from you

One foot in and one foot out
Cataloging her every flaw
Half your heart was full of doubt
From keeping track of them all

You lay alone in bed at night
Surprised she showed no grief
When she up and disappeared
Now all you want is some relief

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from 100 Summers, released September 4, 2020

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