The Phenomenon

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Musical Accompaniment:

Explosions in the Sky - What Do You Go Home To (Mountains Mix)

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Dozens of broken bottles

Began to wash up on the shore

And even as we went to bed

There just kept coming more

Days later the phenomenon

Had reached its apparent end

So I went out onto the beach

And in my book, these words I penned:

"It is strange to find such beauty

Amidst such catastrophe"

For as the morning sun caught the colored glass

I heard the world call out to me

And I learned things in that moment

As I stood awe-struck in the sand

I learned that hardly anything

Will ever turn out as planned

There doesn't have to be a reason

Things can happen just because

And life doesn't seem to have a purpose

But I learned then that it does

For, rationally, I knew

There must be some absurd explanation

But what this happening meant to me

Was up to my interpretation

And I finally I understood

The sheer simplicity of it all

That life is what you make of it

Triumphs and failures great and small

And in the face of negativity

There is but one thing to be done

You must find beauty in the chaos

Like broken bottles in the sun