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Labor of love is not labor I thought And so I climbed the rungs with ideals high Off’ring myself as like a lamb resigned To noble fate all shorn and naked brought But I can’t as a martyr play this lot Once it’s been seen as futile and decried There is but nothing left, an empty hide Where once a mighty steed stood here and fought And yet a hope persists marking the war To set out fresh and force the battle turn New starts await where there are brighter aims That don’t require such blood and sweat be poured Perhaps one day again the heart will yearn For a reward beyond these lonely games
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Apr 9, 2014
Apr 9, 2014 at 1:41 AM UTC
Insomnia Sonnet #6
Labor of love is not labor I thought And so I climbed the rungs with ideals high Off’ring myself as like a lamb resigned To noble fate all shorn and naked brought But I can’t as a martyr play this lot Once it’s been seen as futile and decried There is but nothing left, an empty hide Where once a mighty steed stood here and fought And yet a hope persists marking the war To set out fresh and force the battle turn New starts await where there are brighter aims That don’t require such blood and sweat be poured Perhaps one day again the heart will yearn For a reward beyond these lonely games
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Apr 9, 2014
Apr 9, 2014 at 1:41 AM UTC
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