“Nothing would give up life:
Even the dirt kept breathing a small breath.”
Theodore Roethke (1908–1963) American poet
"Root Cellar," ll. 10-11
The Lost Son and Other Poems (1948)
“Even those who kept chanting that nothing was impossible ended up dying with unfulfilled dreams.”
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Context: After spending an adult life of unfulfilled dreams and promises, a man has to prove something to himself. Maybe I’m trying to sum it all up to convince myself that everything I’ve been doing makes sense. I guess, I just want to get it all off my chest before I close up the books.
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