Eighty Years For Eighty Seconds

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This was the last poem I did where I received a title and wrote a poem for the title. I wasn't sure how I was going to approach this title, but I am really happy with it. Oh, and the poem ended up being exactly 80 words. That makes me sooooo overjoyed.

Eighty Years For Eighty Seconds

I spent my whole life waiting,
And when the time had come,
I knew it all was worth it,
And this was but the sum.
The pieces meshed completely,
The memories combined;
Potential is infinity,
And that I've come to find.
Through all and in its passing,
I've taught myself to stand;
Alone there is no motion,
But we walk, hand in hand.
Yesterday is the enemy,
And the key to understand:
Life is but infinity,
Grounded under the sand.

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FranzJ commented on Eighty Years For Eighty Seconds

06-06-2010

good thoughts to think about - except I don't agree yesterday is the enemy - we are our own enemy

Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.

Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) U.S. poet.

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