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Once upon a time
There was a river
Making her way down
To the sea
She started
As a simple stream of water
She flowed
So effortlessly

She began to notice
The clouds that lie within her
Shapes and colors and forms
All she wanted
Was to chase after them
All she wanted
Was to have one of her own

Well the wind made everything sway
And it blew all the clouds away
The sky was empty as ice
Without clouds the river thought
Life was not worth living
Without clouds
The river thought
Why should I be alive

But how can a river die?

That night she had no choice
But to stop chasing
She had a chance to chill
And check herself out
She realized
That she was made
Out of water
And so were the clouds

The next morning she saw the blue sky
For the first time
Stable immense and true
She was so focused on the clouds
That hung above her head
She never noticed
That the sky was there too

Well the clouds came back
Eventually
But the river didn’t chase them
Or stare
She greeted each cloud
With kindness
She remembered that the sky
Was still there

There and everywhere

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from Peace Is Every Step, released November 22, 2014

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Joe Dickinson Chicago, Illinois

Hi, I’m Joe Dickinson.

I'm a DIY singer/songwriter from Chicago, IL.

It's not easy, balancing the external demands of work/life with the internal demands of creativity, but I'm working toward a set of sustainable internal systems that will allow me to continue to write, record, and release songs. Hopefully for the rest of my life.

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