ULTIMATE ALBATROSS
Coral Gathman Cook
The Ultimate Albatross
That hangs about my neck
Is Virtue in me
Which will not let me go the easy way
This awesome weight
Which bows me to the ground
Also lifts me up that I might stand strong
If I but let it have its way
All in me has given way
Yet I cannot abandon Virtue
I cannot bear to live
But because of her I do not dare to die
In the bitter end I cling to Virtues
I thought never were attained
And I see them surface just in time
To stay me on this rugged course
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