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So Few Realize What Life Is About
Jul 31, 2023
An epitaph and name poem for someone who savored an ordinary life:
So few realize what life is about.
If I knew nothing else, I knew warmth, pleasure,
Despite everything, I knew love.
People look for what they can measure:
A degree, money, children they can brag about,
Reasons others might wish them mazel tov.
On days like other days were moments I treasured,
Life like other lives, humdrum, passing without
Yammering, with you, with the children, full, enough ...
© by Nicholas Gordon
To see this poem on my site, go to
https://www.poemsforfree.com/paroly.html. For more epitaphs, go to
https://www.poemsforfree.com/epitaphs.html .
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So few realize what life is about
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If I knew nothing else, I knew warmth, pleasure. Despite everything, I knew love
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People look for what they can measure. A degree, money, children they can brag about
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reasons others might wish them mazel to. And days like other days were moments I treasured
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Life like other lives. Humdrum. Passing without yammering. With you. With the children