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A Happy Ending is the Only Wrong Ending in the World’s Eyes

April 16, 2024
By Bradthebruh GOLD, Madison, Mississippi
Bradthebruh GOLD, Madison, Mississippi
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Favorite Quote:
"If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever." - Thomas Aquinas


       This is the way our world ends 
       Not with a bang but a whimper 
 
A decision with no win 
falls upon you. 
But you decide to win anyways. 
 
“Sometimes the best thing to do 
is no thing at all.” 
But not now. 
 
The “perfect little house” you built
turns to sand. 
You sit alone with sandy toes: 
without. 
 
       So dawn goes down to day. 
       Nothing gold can stay. 


The author's comments:

With an epigraph both at the start and end of the poem, that being of The Hollow Men (T.S Elliot) and Nothing Gold Can Stay (Robert Frost), as well as the second person POV make it rather unique for me.


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