Love Poem: Retrospective Cliche
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Written by: John Beam

Retrospective Cliche

The pride of life is not humbling grace
My absolute best I have not reached it yet
Painting the cover art before reading the novel
You judge to become a cliche I would not
To be well known yet misunderstood
when the apple tree falls in a river
A seed can sail far away
Pleasing everyone will not kill you
Grow stronger
The green grass will fade standing on it
It is not! It is all seeing despite imperfections
My ignorance will never be bliss
Maybe in war but not love
Truth is as free as freedom
Liberty is worth the critic