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Dec 03
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My Perpetual We...

Only words will last

Rules of verse, prose and rhyme
careful measures, line for line.
What will withstand the trial of time
and fires of our sorrow?

Cloth will rip and buildings fall,
yesteryears machines are no use to us all.
But a phrase scribbled hastily on the wall
will still be there tomorrow.

The stories and songs of all that was achieved
of things we discovered — and that we had to leave.
There's no telling what we will be asked to believe,
the future requires a past.

And what will remain when we're finally gone?
Take note of the times you've been right and wrong,
write down your stories, your thoughts and your songs,
for only words will last.
 
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Posted: 12.03.19
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  1. Inkpaw
    Dec 03, 2019

    wow! this is awesomely written!and really quite beautiful. :)

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  1. My Perpetual We...
    Dec 04, 2019

    Thank you! I'm so glad you like it :)

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  1. Inkpaw
    Dec 04, 2019

    how could one not!

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  1. Scarry Night
    Dec 04, 2019

    Can you please write more of this?! I LOVE this poem! Nice job!

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  1. My Perpetual We...
    Dec 05, 2019

    Thank you! And do you mean I should make the poem longer, or write a different poem in the same style?

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