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He Carried His Sorrow To the Grave

He carried his sorrow to the grave, a man who has lost everything, is a man who will lose faith. Sometimes it is better never to have had, than to lose everything you have, you can't lose what you never had. A poor man is sometimes rich and a rich man is sometimes poor. This man started out poor and became very rich, he was sort of a Job of the modern world. He married had many children and gained wealth beyound measure. Then in one night while away on a business trip, a fire broke out that swept through his large house that left everyone dead. The next day the great stock market crash of 1929 took the rest of his wealth, two days later, he climbed out onto the ledge of a 24 story building and jumped for all to see, he carried his sorrow to the grave. written 4-23-11

Copyright © | Year Posted 2011




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Date: 5/2/2011 12:23:00 AM
Goes back to store your treasures in heaven. If you put faith in this ol' world your looking for a heartbreak. Great sad story, my friend. R.M.
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Date: 4/28/2011 1:09:00 PM
Oh :(...... so heavy a write! Been reading many sad stories today in different forms, yet still very sad, and heartwrenching. You did well in bringing out the emotions through this write, James! Thanks for sharing and thank you for your kind words on my poems. Caroline.
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Date: 4/26/2011 2:07:00 PM
A very sad poem, James. Excellent write
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Date: 4/26/2011 5:47:00 AM
James you are right on with this poem ,a lot of people who back there jumped , never knew that they could back without money . Sad but true.Excellent poem. Anne
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