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The Story of Our Lives

by woodstock20000

Member since 2005 · Posted 17 Aug 2005 · 3 comments

Our lives are like storybooks; whether a novel or a sentence: We write the words, but life gives us the punctuation. In anycase, one must remember, even in the end of our chapters: Death is not the period; only a semicolon.

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A favorite of Bethy.

3 comments

[9] Bethy 17-Aug-05/12:14 PM Reply
good poem...how about this for a last line...

In the life hereafter...;)

I really like this...its a fav!!! Bethy
[8] Bobjim 18-Aug-05/6:55 AM Reply
Ooh. Philosophical poetry. I like. -8-
[n/a] ALChemy 19-Aug-05/8:51 AM Reply
Death is a semi-colon hmmm...
Makes sense.
I always thought he did things half-assed