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December 28, 2011
By Barda BRONZE, NEW YORK, New York
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To be a King is to live gloriously,
To die violently,
And to be remembered

To be a King is to live in the vanguard
To be first on the field of battle
And last to retreat

To be a King is to live without acknowledging defeat
To be presented as a God to the public
And to remain unflinching in the face of scorn

© Elizabeth C., Spartanburg, SC

The author's comments:
This poem highlights the difficulties of being a "King", of being someone in the public eye and how someone in the public eye has to deal with a lot of abuse and its hard, but there are benefits too. This doesn't only apply to celebrities, I intended it to apply to high school
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