Immortality
Mozart will forever be
Endowed with immortality.
For Beethoven, the same is said;
His music means he’s never dead.
Einstein, Dickens and Van Gogh –
Names that future folk will know.
Lincoln, Hemingway and Twain
On reading lists will e’er remain.
William Shakespeare guarantees
That even after centuries
A genius will secure a place
That time or distance can’t erase.
The list goes on, this just a few
Of those whose talent or IQ
Insures we’ll always owe a debt
To ones whose brilliance dazzles yet.
Copyright © Ilene Bauer | Year Posted 2016
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