Hear me
read
the poem as
an MP3 file.
Watch me read
the poem as
a YouTube video.
Video Music:
The Forest and the Trees.
By Kevin
MacLeod.
Performed by Kevin MacLeod
at the
Free Music Archive
under an Attribution-ShareAlike license.
Enduring does not lead
to happiness.
A person ought not suffer out of duty.
Some choose to sacrifice under duress,
Taking as cruel chance what could be beauty.
Each ought to give for love, as did the Lord,
Reckoning the grace as the
reward.
Copyright by Nicholas Gordon. Free for personal or non-commercial use.
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