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One step
Crossing a thr...Footfall sr 08/2012<br /><br />One step<br />Crossing a threshold<br />A choice<br /><br />A hard collective push <br />Determining a pace<br /><br />In a new direction<br />Believing<br />A better place<br /><br />One foot<br />One person<br />Taking the step<br />For all of us<br /><br />Talented and modest<br />One of us<br />To show <br />The best of us<br /><br />We know<br />The forever fame<br />And just one name <br />One man’s<br />Step<br /><br />The rest of us<br />Chose the best<br />For that one<br />Step<br /><br />And beyond hope<br />Heroic and epic scope<br /><br />Could have failed<br />Having sailed so far<br />But the best does indeed <br />Step forward<br /><br />More than an actor<br />An essential factor<br />One with the skill<br />And the will to<br />Take that first<br />Historic <br />Step<br /><br />Then the apt quote<br />To the rapt masses<br />And attention to task<br /><br />And asking all to share<br />In the glare of fame<br />Not just one name<br /><br />But yet that <br />Step<br />One foot<br />One boot<br />One man<br />One <br />Leap<br /><br />So long ago<br />So long Neil<br />So like a friend<br />Just a signed photo<br />At the end<br /><br />So much left unsaid<br />So keenly aware of loss<br />So sad<br />Without another<br />Step.<br />srussellnoreply@blogger.com