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The Bane of Life

April 24, 2012
By AJLane SILVER, Forks, Washington
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"Actions speak louder than words, but it is the intentions behind the actions that speak the loudest."

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The world was but mine to grab,
Though common sense slipped away.
Leaving I, a thoughtless thinker,
My mind so easily frayed.

Human I am, a common man,
Tall like a sprouting flower.
Though in the eyes of greater men,
Life had no purpose with the absence of power.

But I kept my pride, I kept my life,
At the price of immortality,
Though I may not be remembered,
At least I've kept morality.

© Jason B., Colorado Springs, CO

The author's comments:
This poem is about not selling your soul to evil actions to achieve something only fools would aspire to receive: Fame. It is the life of a normal man, a man who chose a path of morality as opposed to a life of fame.
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