THE MEASURE OF A MAN SUNG BY ELTON JOHN

• THE MEASURE OF A MAN SUNG BY ELTON JOHN

  
  
  
  
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  WHEN THE TRUMPETS BLOW STRONG
  
  I hear
  The echoes of a call
  That once was loud
  Now seems gone
  Calling back
  To be
  Remembered.
  
  Dare
  I wake them up at all
  Or should I keep them
  Where they are
  In
  The Triumphs of the past
  Where they're held
  In Fond Remembrance?
  
  Dare
  I beckon to the call
  Of The Trumpets
  Blowing strongly
  Calling back
  For me to answer
  Or can
  I Reach where I was
  Then
  On top of it all?
  
  Or will
  I Fail and Lose it all
  With
  The Triumphs of before
  Or be Remembered
  For my Feats
  Because
  I Could not
  Face Defeat?
  
  What purpose
  Do I serve?
  
  In this Quest
  For going on
  To Come back
  Once more
  To Hear
  The Trumpets
  Blowing?
  
  Will I
  Serve it or myself?
  
  For Do
  I have
  The Strength
  I need
  To overcome
  All I must
  Knowing
  I Could Fail?
  
  Most of all
  To myself
  
  Do
  I have
  The will in me
  if
  I answer
  Yes,
  Is it all
  I need?
  
  For what is it
  That I want
  To Prove myself
  To Whom or What?
  
  Written for And Dedicated to
  Sugar Ray Leonard
  
  Edgar Allan Prieto
  Dec 15,1983
  
  A Poeatreeman
  
  The Greatness of Oneself
  Is to Triumph over Evil
  For Goodness is the Fight
  You must Win
  The Rounds are not Ten
  It is Minutes to the End.
  
  
  A Poet’ Note
  
  THE CROWN
  Oh how I would love
  To recover the crown
  It’s hard to regain
  When
  life is wearing it now.
  From A Play of Words
  A Poeatreeman
  6/26/2007
  
  Copyright ©2007 Edgar Allan Prieto