Life
A CRUST of bread and a corner to sleep in,
A minute to smile and an hour to weep in,
A pint of joy to a peck of trouble,
And never a laugh but the moans come double; And that is life!
A crust and a corner that love makes precious,
With a smile to warm and the tears to refresh us;
And joy seems sweeter when cares come after,
And a moan is the finest of foils for laughter;
And that is life!
-Paul Laurence Dunbar
Such is life! The poem that describes life in such of a matter of fact way, fits the times of life today. Although written many moons ago, Mr. Dunbar vividly explains the life of not only African-Americans, but Americans as whole with the chaos of society and the economy. So fitting to my personality, my favorite stanza is “With a smile to warm and the tears to refresh us.” How often do we look froward to a smile from someone each day and being able to genuinely smile ourselves. Such a small gesture divinely warms your soul; When times are not one to smile about, the tears definitely give our spirit a relief…if you are human it should. “And that is life…”
WORDS OF AN EMPRESS 
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