Paul had written this with his previous post of this image:
How important is it
to leave a legacy of achievement
beyond life, after death?
I think of those now gone
all those kings and noble men
those creators of things so beautiful,
those despots and destroyers of worlds,
and I wonder how
our lives have been changed
by all their deeds of glory or death
or if our lives have been changed at all.
Is the palpable need of recognition
of remembrance, adoration or worship
so great in a man’s mind
that he willingly destroys the living
including those most loved
and loving to him who would be
the very object of their memories?
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How important is it
to leave a legacy of achievement
beyond life, after death?
I think of those now gone
all those kings and noble men
those creators of things so beautiful,
those despots and destroyers of worlds,
and I wonder how
our lives have been changed
by all their deeds of glory or death
or if our lives have been changed at all.
Is the palpable need of recognition
of remembrance, adoration or worship
so great in a man’s mind
that he willingly destroys the living
including those most loved
and loving to him who would be
the very object of their memories?