"A lifetime's tapestry, woven with pearls of kinship's hue,
Unfurled, thread by thread, as moments fled anew...
Each life a canvas, painted with strokes of fate's design,
Yet, time's palette, sparse for me, left colors unaligned...

In retrospect's gaze, I ponder, what transpired, what was wrought?
What fragments of existence, like autumn leaves, were caught?
In the ledger of life, where debts of love were tallied and told,
Mine was a balance, incomplete, with half the story untold...

Had humanity's essence, like a beacon, shone bright and true,
Life's journey would have unfolded, sans obstacles, anew...
But, as I chronicle my odyssey, a tale of what could have been,
I realize, my intent, was not to live a life, so bereft, so lean..."

•Dearlife
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