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Poem Details
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| Title: | Life and Death |
| Author: | Ngoc Nguyen |
| Date Submitted: | 10/9/2018 |
| Poem: |
Both life and death cannot destroy us or force us to shed a tear despite our lives' vanishing joy; can conflict's spite dissolve what's dear to our worn souls and make us coy about a dream that's nearly here? We — victors! — who live for fresh hope and make peace in the face of strife; together, we survive and cope and fight and war as if no life is too vain ev'n in the full scope of death at the point of a knife. It would be easier to die than to quit — to quit and not give ourselves the means of knowing why we sacrifice and must survive than let success just pass us by and lose the chance to live and thrive.... |