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Poetry : Heart of Flesh

Tonight, I offer you a heart of blood, A heart of us. An open heart, A heart that desires nothing but to beat, That aspires to nothing but to love, A heart that refuses to turn to stone, A heart burning with love.

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Farewell, Great Man

Thank you for having existed. Thank you for being great in a modest life. Thank you for letting yourself be forgotten, for carrying your pain quietly so it wouldn’t spill on anyone else. Thank you for your courage, your patience, your dignity, for five long years of struggle when everything was taken from you except bravery.