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For Gene
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I knew a man of knowledge
Who lived with shadows
His heart was full of love
I came to walk his way
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I knew a man of knowledge
Who lived with shadows
I could not see his shadows
They were his alone
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So lived the man of knowledge
Life clouded by his shadows
Others kept their distance
And so they missed his soul
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The man of knowledge knew
That others thought him different
Still he reached out to the lonely
Still he comforted the sad.
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For the man of knowledge cared
About other people’s pain
And he loved to share their triumphs
And they would hear of his
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Sometimes the shadows ruled him
And cared not for his knowledge
They tore him from his people
And ripped apart his world
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Yet still the man of knowledge
Returned from the land of shadows
With joy to be alive
He reveled in his days.
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I miss the man of knowledge
The man who lived with shadows
He touched our lives too briefly
I was proud to call him friend.
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-- B.R. 3/11/2002
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