She lives <br />To pour herself, every last thought <br />To spend herself so <br />Because that is all she knows. <br /> <br />She lives <br />To breathe, every life giving breath <br />To cause a soul to fiercely glow <br />Because that is all she knows. <br /> <br />She lives <br />To recede, to the ideal in her head <br />To hang on to the true, inspite of severe blows <br />Because that is all she knows. <br /> <br />She lives <br />To be seen, by a pair of searching eyes <br />To collect kindred spirits in her tow <br />Because that is all she knows. <br /> <br />She lives <br />To wipe, the already lived past <br />To magnanimously, precious dreams sow <br />Because that is all she knows <br /> <br />She lives <br />To welcome, with gentle smiles <br />To reap rewards, she cultivated with a hoe <br />Because that is all she knows <br /> <br />Thus Ayn Rand made <br />Brave and young hearts with innocent joy beam <br />She freed them of hopelessness, rejuvenated them with dreams <br />Flashed the straight path into their view <br />She lived to make a new world, because that is all she knew<br /><br />Madam Anonymous<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/xx-an-ode-to-a-genius/
