Though I Am Long Dead
By AW
I shall not cry
or be ashamed
of my past
of my failures
of my hurt
nor of my
pain.
I shall smile
Fly and soar
above the scorn
and rejection.
I shall never
die as in these
poems of mine,
like a lover’s
kiss, for a
thousand years
my words shall
reach millions
of ears, hearts, and minds
though I am
long dead.
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