THE BURDEN OF LIFE
/ POEMS THE BURDEN OF LIFE A breach in peace of mind from a broken heart Out of the burden life binds upon all men on earth Often grievous sorrows Find solace in tear drops. When infant emotions ignite my smile And pains sting me to cry Though that world of babes was a while How much sorrows do babes know to cry? Now should cries over life's despair a solution be? None could a broken heart repair with a well of tears In battle all must prepare to rise above falls and fears Within the mind before victory over life and death. Yet many braves cringe at the word death And the comfortable who binge in their wealth Even the vanquished on the fringe of this unavoidable death Who are pained to despise life never gladly accept death. Death is the debt that all men owe and all must pay As the ultimate end to all things to set them free And to be fre...