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The Frame You Look Through

from In Defiance of Indifference by Timezone LaFontaine

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THE FRAME YOU LOOK THROUGH 

Change the frame that you look through
defining the meaning of paths that you took to
arrive at the realization that shook you
to see you create the frame you look through
change the angle of light and the shadows it casts
perceive the sound of the song as a looking glass
and a lens focused on the present and past
and shine light on the moment that's yet to pass

the dark days are behind, yet you retain
all the perspective and the strength that you gained
in recognition of the human condition
unfold the soul's volition in altruism
now you're listening in to resonance
shedding them outgrown impediments that were lessons in a sense
now you're hoping for more
grounded in gratitude - open the door
emerge from the edge of the forest in the last scene
in another, from a tunnel at the wheel of a fast machine
at last, on screen, the plot twist
bathed in sun rays - the hottest compared with the cold you had to go through
to know what you hold because no one could have told you
what it means to brave the bridge across the precipice
to a new day with no precedents

Change the frame that you look through
defining the meaning of paths that you took to
arrive at the realization that shook you
to see you create the frame you look through
change the angle of light and the shadows it casts
perceive the sound of the song as a looking glass
and a lens focused on the present and past
and shine light on the moment that's yet to pass

eloquent in defiance of indifference
restless - resisting unfocused belligerence
and 'shopped images of paper-thin surfaces
disposable products with profiteer purposes
what I'm after, I'm here to offer:
the next chapter, be your own author
cycling symbols until you find one that clicks
an image of inner transformation that sticks
a song to sing along that's given, not sold
just what love is at its best, and that's bold
handmade in the basement - no product placement
works in progress - steady and patient
ready to take you straight to the breakthrough
the moment you've earned to celebrate new changes unseen,
and too often unsung
or so it would seem to be so 'til you're sprung
from the prison of a self-definition that wasn't designed by yourself
and that's a condition of an ad campaign that's had free reign
a self portrait that it's time to reframe

Change the frame that you look through
defining the meaning of paths that you took to
arrive at the realization that shook you
to see you create the frame you look through
change the angle of light and the shadows it casts
perceive the sound of the song as a looking glass
and a lens focused on the present and past
and shine light on the moment that's yet to pass

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from In Defiance of Indifference, released August 8, 2015

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