During the height of the pandemic, my hospital-working daughter felt totally isolated because of her reluctance to submit to certain "requirements"..she told me she had no colleagues who would speak to her, and was constantly under threats and pressure to "go along". At one point, she told me she felt completely closed in and isolated, in self-protection mode. Thus, the idea of "Fortress".
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FORTRESS

Once my world was vast,
I strided in robes of gold;
And rabid for all I passed,
But knowing my heart was cold.

Now my world is small;
I fashioned it in my hand;
Rich despite the wall;
Living on plush, green land.

I dropped my crushing weight
And broke like a bird set free;
For the road I knew ran straight
To where my eyes could see.

Here at last;
Calling this FORTRESS home.

Calm behind my gate,
Shielded from worldly sins;
In the still I wait;
I'll be ready when life begins.

When the shadows rule the earth
And demons are running free;
I will have suffered my rebirth
And delivered me.

Here at last;
Calling this FORTRESS home.
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_FESTRIO.STY. Peruvian Festejo Rhythm Trio
RD: PERCFESTEJOPERU^01-a:Cajon, Quijada, Cowbell , b:CajonSync, Quijada Cowbell :Alex Acuna
RT2722: Bass, Electric, PeruFestejo68 Sw 120 , Oscar Stagnaro
Midi: Grand Piano, Pan Flutes, Violins

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