I Have Lived
I've experienced the exuberance of youth. Through endless summer days, of blissful
childhood ignorance.
I have dreamt the most glorious dreams. The ability to soar with the eagles was
mine, most any night. I was to live, forever.
I have know the delirious intoxication, of boyish infatuation. And to such a degree, I
have tasted the bitterness of rejection.
I have lived amid nonconformists. I shared in their ideological beliefs. Old Guard be
damned.
I have witnessed the gatherings of idealists, who's main purpose was to spread
their premise of the brotherhood of man.
I have seen the chained and gagged. Beaten for their beliefs. Shot down in their
youth, by those who's superficial dogmas kept them from the truth.
I have been among the ranks of the tens of thousands, shouting my incensement's
against a failing war. And I have been to the "wall" and wept for my fallen brothers.
I have seen the rise of iconic performers. Some who would pay the ultimate price for
their notoriety. I have felt the power of their karma and reveled in their idioms'.
I have witnessed the miraculous wonder of birth. I've had the privilege to hold the
embodiment of purity, God's ultimate creation, in the hollow of my arms.
I have walked among the Angels. And I have delved into the pit of my own iniquity's.
I have loved the un-loved, and scoffed at those who would be cherished.
I have lived as if, there were no tomorrow. I have learned there is just today. I have
lived to be a better man than I was. I live to be a better man than I am.
Copyright © Graydon Archer | Year Posted 2011
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