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NUI Galway Student Newspaper

Creative Corner: My love was a noble man

February 12, 2020 By SIN Staff

By Anastasia Burton 

 

My love was a noble man, a stubborn man, 

A foolish man. 

  

He wished to carry stars upon his shoulders, 

Which, I always thought, looked like boulders, 

He went to war with an airy pride, 

Only for them to die in a tide, 

I prayed and prayed, 

–Lord, I beg you, spare him a meaningless death,  

A stupid death, an empty death.  

  

A man left my home, 

Only his clothes returned. 

  

He did receive those foolish stars, 

But they would never be worn upon those shoulders, 

Which, even in death, looked like boulders. 

  

I buried him as I saw fit, 

Our last argument, 

My last hissyfit. 

  

Even as he lay in that big coffin, 

He looked like a noble man, 

A stubborn man, 

A foolish man, 

The love of my life. 

SIN Staff
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