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Walter Poe
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since 1999-10-13
Posts 787


0 posted 1999-11-04 12:17 PM


At the age of 3 a young man
Name of Albert
Well Albert read a poem
Albert always was a bright boy

At 5 Albert was sent to a
special school
Along with special kids
To get special lessons
From special teachers

brilliant men from over many seas
Presidents and Premiers
Kings and Queens
All visited albert
and listened to him speak

Albert won many Awards
As he grew older
He cured diseases
Still he remembered the poem
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A POEM

This Poem concerns two men
One man holds great wisdom
To him is given the knowledge
To him is known the meaning of life
Yet he crys always.

He meets by chance a man
A learned man with knowledge
Of Heaven and of Earth
Yet he is terminally curious

The two reminice for age binds them
yet all through the talk the wise man
cried as if in a great pain

At the end of a long evening
The learned man asked why the
wise man was so unhappy,
the wise man answered thusly

"I have the knowledge of all,
I have perfect understanding
and know the great meaning of life"
"If I should stop crying,
I should surely die"

The wise man asked for this great knowledge
when it was refused they argued
Eventually the wise man who was weak relented,
And told the learned man his secret

Now the learned man cries forever
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So Albert decided
At the age of 21
to search for the answer
that the wise man knew

He went to the library
It did not help
He visited many priests
and took many drugs

Finaly in despair,
Albert a man of science art and math
Told his many friends
that he had found the answer

the later found him dead in his baths with his wrists slit




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Pride of place in the human race goes to one without a trace,
of subtlety style ego or grace for this position, I wish to say, i would be proud as i am greater than any other face in the crowd

© Copyright 1999 Paul Weatherstone - All Rights Reserved
Deep Blue Me
Member
since 1999-11-04
Posts 396
By a big lake
1 posted 1999-11-04 04:02 PM


Now that was a frightening end for anyone on the path of knowledge. Interesting story though...

DB

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When I'm sad she comes to me
With a thousand smiles, she gives to me free.
--------Hendrix

JennyLee
Senior Member
since 1999-09-01
Posts 1461
Northwestern, NJ.
2 posted 1999-11-05 07:54 AM


I must admit what a terrible ending for this youth, but so well told!

Jenny...

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Love is an attempt at penetrating another being,But it can only succeed if the surrender is mutual.

Watcher666
Senior Member
since 1999-10-13
Posts 1606

3 posted 1999-11-05 11:48 AM


Excellent verse!

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Illusion...what we see and what we do...it's all up to you.

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