Life’s vivid colours



You were no angel
And I certainly no saint
But together, with the children
We, life in vivid colours did paint
The regrets are few
The peaks, fun and love more
Then what could we ask
From this life, together, more

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Written on October 10, 2020

Submitted by alfred.pate.sr on June 28, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Alfred Ernest Pate Sr.

My name is Alfred Ernest Pate Sr. the 2nd . I am a Hybrid (since I can claim 3 of the 5 working titles in Asia) born in Asia (1955) at a time when the Hybrids were the main stay of civilization is Asia. I was born in the city of poets (in those days, not any more) Hyderabad, Sindhi, Pakistan. In fact the country I live in (Pakistan) is the perceptions of a poet (Allama Iqbal). more…

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