What Makes The Man

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    Let Me Tell You How He Lived, And Not How He Died

    What Makes The Man

     Its not the sticks and stones
    You understand
    But the loneliness
    That killed the man

    It was not the bullet or sword
    That called his end
    But the depth of the wound
    That killed the man

    It was not how he left
    A certain passage of way
    But how he lived
    That we remember that man today

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    Teardrops commented on What Makes The Man

    01-27-2010

    great poem and simple you say it al in a few words love the read and the flow
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    SavVySam commented on What Makes The Man

    01-26-2010

    Drew~ I stopped by for a read and to say hi! We each build our legacy each day...living intentionally and touching lives. I like this poem a lot!
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    The true philosopher and the true poet are one, and a beauty, which is truth, and a truth, which is beauty, is the aim of both.

    Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet (1803-1882)

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