Stale: A Poem

Updated on March 15, 2018
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David has been living in Japan for close to ten years. He loves reading, history, music, sports, and movies. He lives with his wife and son.

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Life is fleeting, enjoy it while you can
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Time Is But an Afterthought

I was young and proud

A scion of growth and potential

Bastion of life and power

A redoubt of majesty


Adoration I received,

Adulation I was showered

Garlands heap upon heap,

Lauded was I


Snow and tempest

Come they may

Still I towered

Still I soared


Yet, all things change

And voices are altered

Where praise and accolade was

Now lay ridicule and scorn


Millenia has passed

I stand weathered and battered

Made weak by the hands of time

Distorted by reality


My might may be an afterthought

Still I will not yield

Much abide, though much is gone

Strong my will remains


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