Lost

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Lost

She was young but her heart was old

She floats through the night,

Straight and true, like the shaft

Of an unstrung bow.

Though her burden is heavy,

She never complains but rolls on.

Though her life may be short,

She will travel far and longer

Than most things that will cross her path.

In her five short years of life,

She carried the burdens of the world

Now she may rest.

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GentleT commented on Lost

06-01-2009

It seems that there was great pain in the child's life. But she battle it like an epic hero. If it was someone close to you, you have my deepest condolence's.

Shadowwalker

10/14/2009

it was of a lost child who failed to be found on time. I never knew her but felt her fear.

Poetry is what gets lost in translation.

Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.

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