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The Irrelevant Man (contd.)

An Ordinary man passed by, unseen and unheard;
Ordinary in the most ordinary sense of the word.
Life said to him, the world must move on, move away,
mankind must leap, it can't wait for you;
We must find our answers come what may.
Success even from the jaws of defeat,
We must win; every war, every peak, every honour, every feat.
The humble man could not but sway, and be a spectator.

 The great drama of life unfolded,
from the maladies of loss to the melodies of victory;
from the rivers of blood to the rainbow of peace.
With glaring eyes and jaws that rattle,
he had to gaze with wonder;
At the great battles of existence,
and the existence of battles.

 But as the mighty figure of life moved into the horizon,
the ordinary man grew up to the zenith.
He said, O! magnificent Life;
Every ounce of empathy weighs more than a pound of sympathy,
just as every shred of compassion is heavier than a heap of apathy;

 for time ebbs and it flows, it comes and it goes,
but every moment in life is special in the most ordinary way.

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