Red-Lettered

A Poem by Pete

To be awake is to be alive. - Thoreau

Take these burdens from me.

Off my aching back.

Release my tainted spirit.

I want to live unfettered.

School me in freedom.

So my liberated life can roll ...

... red-lettered ...

© 2020 Pete

Author's Note

"Wealth is the ability to fully experience life." - Thoreau

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Added on January 28, 2020
Last Updated on January 28, 2020

Author

Pete

Boston, MA

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I love reading, writing, music, nature, God and feeling emotion, not necessarily in that order. To me, these things go hand in hand. My favorite writer is Henry David Thoreau. I think he was a geni.. more..