I have livedA Poem by Rick Puetter...Honoring Starbucks' poem by the same title...Photographer: Colin Smith. Rising Sun, Weymouth Bay, Dorset, UK. Licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic license. The original image can be found at http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2772136. I have lived …Honoring
Starbucks’ poem by the same title:
(http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Starbucks/945275/) I
thought, in youth, I'd always last-- A
part of me still weeps! For now there's such diminished time Before my final sleep With
Man's cruel lot, what's Victory? And
who can contradict and say That these cut flow'rs of yesterday Don't mirror our decay?! I
thought, in youth, I'd always last-- There
in the glory of the sun! Did I build castles in Life's sand-- Of
life make ' reckless run? I
wanted to embrace so much-- The
precious flow'rs of fragrant Spring! But 'neath Fate's chthon'an hand I lived-- I plumbed the depths of suffering! And
Life, I held your tortured bowels-- I
held them bloody on my breast! And
now I know most earnestly I'll suffer on 'til final rest But
know that I have fully lived! Beheld
the center of Life's Truths-- And
dreamt when young, I'd always last But now...I'm not that youth © 2012, Richard Puetter All rights reserved © 2013 Rick PuetterAuthor's Note
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Added on March 17, 2012Last Updated on March 8, 2013 Tags: life, death, mortality, philosophy AuthorRick PuetterSan Diego, CAAboutSo what's the most important thing to say about myself? I guess the overarching aspect of my personality is that I am a scientist, an astrophysicist to be precise. Not that I am touting science.. more..Writing
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