Eighty

Music: Krzyzu wierny i wyborny.
By Jan Z. Lublina.
Sequenced by Boguslaw Krawczyk at Kunst der Fuge.

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Eighty has good reason to be grateful.
If being is a gift, then he's been given
Gift enough to compensate for pain.
Happiness depends on being thankful,
The sense of grace that makes the moment heaven.
Years come and go – the longing stays the same.