To Die
to die it's just a matter of time be it then or now
be it autumn when the leaves fall from the trees bare limbs remain
your favorite time of year ...or some other exceptional time your leaving
will be a loss i will suffer and there will be longing
i have walked this path before not to say i know it all
i do not only my own experience it is hard
there is no outline no instructions no map
you will be languid there will be hints but no escape
no way back the road only goes forward there will be no more
it is the last thing we do no one knows what comes after only silence
December 4, 2016
12 comments:
The only thing certain is that it will come... death can come whenever we least expect it or as a long-awaited friend... no one knows.
"the road only goes forward" very true...
"The road only goes forward", whether we like the direction or not. Thankfully the journey keeps us preoccupied while we travel.
How true – and beautifully expressed.
Well said, Sherry!
Indeed if one has walked the journey once, one recognizes the journey easier the next time...and yes, it is a one-way journey, one each of us takes at some time!
This is well written, as usual, but now, I want to shake the writer into the pleasantry of the pattern before them, (abstract as it looks).
It is not what comes after that is so important but how we live out lives now. But I will have to think about tidying up my untidy mess a bit rather than leave it to others.
Wow! This feels so personal to this reader. Yes, the road is only forward and we don't know until that moment comes.
Elizabeth
I am unsure if that silence will be peaceful.. perhaps that we don't know is a good thing.. your poem conveys a knowing.. and a wonderful sense of you - i wish the world was not so painful..
I can resonate very strongly with the emotions portrayed in your poem.. this one touched my heart!
I like how you mix together the surety of death with the loss and suffering--also routine--but we cannot help but pause--sometimes quite a lot--and then there is the mystery. Yes.
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