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Published: 2009-01-04 20:07:35 +0000 UTC; Views: 170; Favourites: 1; Downloads: 6
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Description Death comes knocking
On my door today,
Telling me I have
But one day to stay.
And I have my goodbyes to say
To everyone on this world.
I have yet to make
A million dollars,
I have it all, though.
In my head
The words flow endlessly
Into an organized poem,
Where I can be in peace.
My gray hair
Is a wispy cloud on my head,
It feels like leaving now.
Standing on the window sill,
I shout my secrets to the street,
For if a dead man tells no tales
The tales would end with me.
I have a final brush with the reaper
And he tells me it's time to go.
I grasp his cruel bony hand,
And tell him,
"It's all right, you know.
I'm not afraid."
And he turns to me,
But says nothing
Continuing on to some unknown place
And that will be where I spend
The rest of my eternity
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Comments: 4

simplypoetry [2009-01-31 20:43:39 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for your response!
I'm really impressed with this piece... I love how calm and accepting the persona seems of death, the whole concept of few regrets is potraied perfectly.

'I have yet to make
A million dollars,
I have it all, though.'

love that line-- keep up the good work!

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ddrcoke21 In reply to simplypoetry [2009-02-01 03:24:19 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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H3ikal [2009-01-06 11:13:14 +0000 UTC]

I see there is a lot written but scarce was done to make the poem engage the reader into its life and the lines they spring up nothing novel.

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darkestpoetrylover [2009-01-06 01:29:57 +0000 UTC]

nicely written,

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