Jonathan Platt
Poems by Jonathan Platt : 7 / 80
Boon and Doom
We enter this world amid joyful cries...
And it is Destiny that is our boon.
We leave this world amid sorrowful sighs...
And it is Fate that is our doom.
Jonathan Platt
Submitted: Thursday, December 27, 2012
Edited: Friday, December 28, 2012
Poems by Jonathan Platt : 7 / 80
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