Tales of a Poor Poge by Richard Palmer - HTML preview

AND WHAT OF LAZURUS?

You could have been many things, they said.

But love never came calling.
You could have mounted the distant summit

And tamed the high winds, they said,
But I became too empty and alone.
You could have sired many powerful sons, they said,

But my future is lost.
You had many and mighty dreams, they said,

But I could not take enough from life
To save me from dying.