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Were you coaxed or pulled or pushed?
Did you arrive by your own hand;
Or was your life ambushed?

Predestined by a lover?
By family tradition?
The footsteps of a brother;
A relative’s ambition?

Perhaps you had to get away;
So learned life’s lessons faster!
Or got a late start on your way;
To being your own master!

There comes a time we understand
The power that we own;
That moment when we take command;
And find ourselves alone.

We face our own unveiling;
And all we’ll never be;
Shake hands with all our failings
Content to let them be.

No matter how we started
Or how much we have won;
Too swiftly we’re departed;
With so much love undone!

We’re born alone; We die alone;
And all we have is NOW.
To give away the love we own;
And exit with a bow.






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Curtain Call
Date: Friday, 15th May 2015 @ 10:10:27 PM AEST
Topic: Sad Poetry

Contributed By: softerware
How did you get to where you stand;
Were you coaxed or pulled or pushed?
Did you arrive by your own hand;
Or was your life ambushed?

Predestined by a lover?
By family tradition?
The footsteps of a brother;
A relative’s ambition?

Perhaps you had to get away;
So learned life’s lessons faster!
Or got a late start on your way;
To being your own master!

There comes a time we understand
The power that we own;
That moment when we take command;
And find ourselves alone.

We face our own unveiling;
And all we’ll never be;
Shake hands with all our failings
Content to let them be.

No matter how we started
Or how much we have won;
Too swiftly we’re departed;
With so much love undone!

We’re born alone; We die alone;
And all we have is NOW.
To give away the love we own;
And exit with a bow.








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