~ Non-Norse Poetry by me ~
Old
My back is bent
My power spent
At my life´s end
I long for rest.
My heart is worn
My soul forlorn
Not to be born
Would be the best.
© 2004 Michaela
Macha
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Image: Anselm Feuerbach, German artist 1798-1851,
"Verhüllte Gestalt der Amme" (Veiled Figure of the Wet Nurse).