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Friday 20 September 2024

The Door to Happiness - L. Onerva

A warm loving human heart
was beating once for me, I know,
the door to happiness was open,
inviting to feel its glow.

I, fool, I shut that door,
to my happy days it was the end.
I lost my love, my only friend,
my heart broke, will never mend.

Onerva Lehtinen [L. Onerva] (1882-1972) Finland
Translated by Pentti M. Rautaharju

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