The meaning of life is felt in relationship
Relationship with others and with one's own self
From what it is as child to who it becomes as adult,
Parent, grandparent, and ultimately,
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It was the sort of nod that said I hadn't heard a word,
yet the young man kept talking, talking, relentlessly on,
telling me of his great plans for the future,
the people he'd met.
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The real sadness when love breaks down
Is not that it is broken
But that those who loved so deeply
Must smash the beautiful memories
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Sages of the ages, can you believe
That the world is still not free?
Of anger, hatred and contempt, that killing fosters glee?
Can you believe what we've become, how it must aggrieve.
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