DON'T LOVE ME

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Don't love me so much;
......I am dying.
Life has naught
......To do with beating heart
But with being
.......Ev'ry hour - ev'ry day
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Life's given birth
.....Through the living
Nor you - nor I can know
.....Appointed day
Nor guide our feet
......Upon the way.
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To sit with blinders
......By the track
May be the way for some -
......Not me;
I want to see
......the boxcars rushing by
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Memories are sweet;
.....Nostalgia moves the heart;
.....Love brings light
.....And oft remorse,
And then;
.....The train must move again
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And who can say -
......Nor you - nor I -
What treasures lie
.....Around the bend?
Mayhap beginning -
.....Not an end.
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'Tis "all aboard" -
......Or never know
When comes the time
......You got'to go
Ride with me
......Or leave me free
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"The best laid plans
......Of mice or men
Gang aft a-stray"
......'Tis said.
I only know
......I have today
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From Time & Again by GeoE
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