fruitless pursuit

fruitless pursuit

And the tempest that roars in man's heart,

that blazes in man's soul,

can it be quelled,

can it be quenched?

And the storm that rages in man's mind,

that engulfs man's thoughts,

can it be calmed,

can it be quieted?

Mental vise winds tight.

Torque torments each thought.

Ideas twist to tantalize brains.

Pain pounds emotion's center.

Strain cavitates the inner torso.

Relief sought, returns unrequited.

And the rampage that ravages man's life,

that tears asunder man's hope.

can it be arrested,

can it be salvaged?

And the force that strikes man's affection,

that afflict man's desires,

can it be shielded,

can it assuaged?

Faith flails fecklessly forward.

Hope haunts human hearts.

Love languishes lamented longing.

Destiny dangles dumbly down.

Potent problems pilfer power.

Passion's pity permeates persona.

A Long

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old friends searched online for former friends surprised to see untimely ends friends, their spouses, moms and dads sad to see the deaths they had the inexorable tick and tock of time, leads us all to fields, sublime through twisting, turning hands of fate, soon we'll all be known as "late" years roll on, time is passed no one knows how long it lasts each life is counted out by days as friends we oft go separate ways friend's faces show the lines of age as each one turns his separate page fools fleeting time waits for no man eighty years our lives may span so count your days with special care for who knows how, who knows where our beating hearts will one day stop find old friends before they drop © 2014 ajwrites57 A Long ❤ ❤ ❤ Image adapted: By SDRandCo via morguefile.com

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