Here at the end of all things

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Here at the end of all things

I am a soldier born to die,

A man without the fight,

The drive to carry on,

Or the will to fear.

 

I pray that someone will,

Aid me in my flight,

My bitter trek to freedom,

To a life without regret.

 

I am despairing and afraid

I repent the days spent,

In selfish adulation,

Worshiping the neverending eternity.

 

What I would not give,

To live my life again,

To understand the missteps,

The ungoverned errors.

 

But alas my time is spent,

My days are at a close,

I have espied the golden gates,

And surely I am to sleep now.

 

I am weary and alone,

Tired and afraid,

I recall the gentle breath,

Of friendship and truth.

 

I do not dissemble,

On my soul I am just,

I have paid for my sins,

I am sorry.

 

I stand at last, on the brink,

Waiting for it to come,

I know it must end soon.

I am weeping, undone.

 

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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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No Longer An Artist 2
Do not forget 1
Competition 1
To Handsome Stranger 1
Ol' Christopher Marlowe's Day 3
Foolhardy 3
Oh so softly 3
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Free to Soar 9
Dead Filament 4
Wise Fool 4
Mispent Eternity 2
My Sanguine Knight 3
Crimson Tears 5
Condemnation of alternative expression 6
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From whence all verse was born: 5
Please Realize 3
Here at the end of all things 0
Enduring Eternally 1
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They can say what they will, I disagree. 2
Poetry Should Rhyme: 5
A new age: Change 0
Fate of a Soul 2
Oh My Love... 1
Standing Still 1
Where the laburnum blossoms fall... 1
Pulling down the stars 1
New Light 1
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The Decline 1
Is the music of the soul the song of the wind? 3
Is freedom an illusion? 1