<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=516563" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>He Did Not Become an Immortal</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">HE DID NOT BECOME AN IMMORTAL</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He did not become great <br>He did not understand the universe to the end <br>He did not even make a small work <br>A few deeply needed <br>He did not succeed <br>He lived a life <br>For a dream he did not realize <br>And now in his old age <br>Poor and quiet <br>He wonders <br>What his failure will mean <br>For his own children <br>And whether he will go to the end <br>A burden <br>And nothing else. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">He is an old man <br>Writing another poem <br>An old man who has written <br>So many unread poems </div><div style="margin:10px 0">What can he do but write another? <br>How much will he suffer <br>Before he gets out of it all?</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Shalom+Freedman">Shalom Freedman</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=516563" data-title="He Did Not Become an Immortal de Shalom Freedman" data-description="HE DID NOT BECOME AN IMMORTAL He did not become great He did not understand the universe to the end He did not even make a small work A few deeply needed He did not succeed He lived a life For a dream he did not realize And now in his old ..."></div> </div> </div>

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