A man who thought he would fly,
got too close to the sun,
set the ancient example
that’s told to everyone.
A ship that they claimed never
would sink beneath the waves,
until a looming iceberg
sent folks to frozen graves.
A man who thought his troopers
could whip all Indians,
died at the Little Bighorn,
one man could not kill ten.
A candidate the news thought
impossible to beat,
oh, the moans we hear the night
she met a sound defeat.
A Soviet hockey team
that hadn’t lost before,
feared not, ’till our college kids
went ahead in the score.
A president who proclaimed
that now the Earth would heal,
instead turned to race-baiting,
a messiah not real.
A general who ordered
the charge at Gettysburg,
hundreds dead striking up hill...
should have heard Longstreet’s words.
A writer who thinks that his
poem might just be great,
but the autorank declares
that he just doesn’t rate.
Northing ventured, nothing gained;
it’s a good sentiment…
but how do we duck hubris,
yet keep our confidence?
Where’s the line?
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the hardest thing to live without....
On his death bed,
holdin' her he said
" 'O' my lady,
beautiful life you gave me
Was just a seed,
without care
You took care of me,
gave me life
Nothin' I do could ever,
return your love
My dream's were,
without hope
My sky was,
without star
My heart was,
without love
I, my love was,
just flesh
Cold numb and,
worn out
What would've I done,
without you"
Tears fell down like waterfall
She couldn't feel him anymore, he was gone
The next moment she too said goodbye to her flesh
He was waiting for her
Love, my friend without doubt
The hardest thing to live without.....
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