HUMAN GREATNESS IS NOT ALL
Human greatness is not all-
Even Shakespeare will be dust-
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I AM NOT YOUR BEST OH GOD
I am not your best oh God
I with my questions doubts criticisms fear-
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I WALK OUT INTO THE NIGHT
I walk out into the night
Away from the noise-
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OH WORDS OF A POEM
Oh words of a poem
Oh wondrous being-
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I CANNOT PROMISE THE UNIVERSE WILL GROW WISER AND WISER
I cannot promise the Universe will grow wiser and wiser-
I cannot know that greater lights will shine towards the end-
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THERE WILL COME A DAY/ WHEN I NO LONGER WRITE
There will come a day
When I no longer write-
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GOD HAS GIVEN ME SO MUCH IN LIFE
God has given me so much in life
How can I not be grateful?
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HAD I WRITTEN LESS
Had I written less
And had it been more perfect-
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THE MORNING IS A POEM/ THE SLOW OPENING OF THE EYES
The morning is a poem
The slow opening of the eyes
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WHERE WERE YOU?
Where were you,
When your life said
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