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There is no especial quality
to the remains of my tragedies
that would engender despair
in the depths of your soul.
There are no works I have created
whose quintessence demanded permanence.
Instead, I have always been
the bit player on the grand stage
whose triumphs and defeats
have meant nothing to others,
for such is the lot
of those disenfranchised
of the glorious birthright
our Founding Fathers swore all merited.
Such is the Destiny of those
Life passed by, while political struggles
became more important than the common folk.
So forget me,
no Ozymandias am I.
I am merely a lost soul
adrift in a world
to which I never belonged.
About the Creator
Ruben Willis
I am a published poet, father, gamer, aspiring full-time writer, husband and caregiver. Clearly, never enough free time. :p
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