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Rated: E · Poetry · Tragedy · #1462884
From the moment we are born we began to die
Ever Dying

Haughty is the heart of man
and crafty are his ways
his life is but a vapor
and numbered are his days.
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Confounded in his thinking
he moves with self intent
unwilling to acknowledge
what he cannot prevent.
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He waits in the pretension
of innocent delight
while passing up his chances
to ever make it right.
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Lest he find the great escape
and grasp it while he can
he will die as he has lived
a poor defeated man.
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