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barbsdad2003
Jun 23, 2008 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)

How Quiet Death


How Quiet Death

Every moment
[D]ies a man[.]

                 ---Tennyson

An old man dies.

A life goes on:
A new child cries.

A life is gone.

I came like Water,
[A]nd like Wind I go.

                  ---Khayyam

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infinite_dwarf

infinite_dwarf

17 years 10 months ago

Reminds me....

Of the song "Lightning Crashes" by Live. Short-n-sweet, and very nice, Chuck. ~Jess K. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ~ "Everyone needs to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer!" ~ "Your inferiority complex is better than mine!"
Kailashana

Kailashana

17 years 10 months ago

THAT’S what it was!!!

THAT'S what it was!!! Couldn't quite hear it...but it was there in cellular memory. ~A