WHATEVER HAPPENED TO FOREVER?
IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S ALREADY HERE.
TOMORROW HAS COME AND GONE, YOU SEE,
AND YESTERDAY'S NOT YESTERDAY I FEAR.
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE DREAMS I HAD,
ARE THEY FOREVER GONE FROM ME?
DO I NOT HAVE THE INSPIRATION,
THAT ONCE BECKONED TO SET ME FREE?
WHATEVER HAPPENED, I SAY AGAIN,
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THIS?
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO WHATEVER?
IT'S THE WHATEVER THAT I MISS.
CAN YOU HELP ME, ANYONE?
IS FOREVER STUCK IN YOU?
HOW DO I FIND IT, ANYONE,
WHATEVER WILL I DO?
Leslie Sue Ashley
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