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Seeker72 Member
since 2007-02-24
Posts 387Oregon USA |
MOURNING . I feel one day the time will come to mourn my brothers passing Ignorantly I thought I would mourn the passing of others in my family So stupid of me to think I could outlive them How ignorant to think I am so much more than they For all I know my number has come up The reaper making his way to cut my soul Ticket in hand Scythe at the ready Family comes to mourn my passing The passing of a man that thought he would outlive them all Immortal within his mortal shell No different to that of a child who thinks he can fly As they dive from their ten story balcony onto the streets below Ground rushing to meet them as the air is sucked from stunned lungs Then darkness You never hear their tears Their hollow words Why is it that when a person dies we only remember the good things? No one mentions that they died owing him or her $50 Why is it we feel the need to place flowers around a room for a person that doesn’t know they are there? Why do we speak in whispers? Its not like they can hear you anymore Mourn yes Alter the memory good or bad and you fail in the very act you play out Cry your tears mourn the loss Don’t pretend the dead care for your kind words They could care less They have gone Gone to better things I would like to think Yet as every day grows cold I feel we are what we see When death comes to cut me down I shall embrace the darkness Caring little for what you do with me after I am gone Mourn me Curse me I care not For I am finally at peace It is the living that should mourn for themselves As some underpaid gravedigger fills in my pit Or some spotty kid that was shown how to push the button just that morning sends me into Hell They walk away without a care The living walk with them mourning Not for who I was, what I might have been or what they thought I had done with my life They mourn for themselves With the passing of every soul the living grasp the reality of life That one-day we shall all die That one day someone else will walk away from them, face full of tears Hands clutching flowers someone had given them that morning Faces blur as emotions run riot through the mind With every passing soul Reality slaps us in the face We mourn not for those that have died We miss them We wish they didn’t have to die Yet secretly are glad it was them instead of us We mourn not for the dead The flowers are there for us The kind words to make us smile The whispers for the others that know the truth We mourn for ourselves We mourn for our mortality Our aging bodies Failing that little more each day As doors close to let the coffin burn As the final shovel of dirt is laid We walk away knowing we are no different We walk away To mourn |
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Mystress May Member
since 2007-10-25
Posts 296Taunton, MA |
Hey doll.... well written and I can vouch for the truth in it. In the place I work, this month an employee died (from a hit and run) and two employee's close relatives died soon after. I went to the wake of the employee and it was a new experience. I am from an Irish family (Polish on the other side) and in both cases the wakes are filled with joking and laughter as a way of coping with the pain. The employee that died was Portuguese though... the wake was very somber and filled with whispers and tears. It was a new experience for me and it made me extremely uncomfortable. And yes... that's the selfish side coming out again! Our scars are the foundation for what we have become |
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blue face Member
since 2007-06-03
Posts 92 |
Will put! hope to read more blue |
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Seeker72 Member
since 2007-02-24
Posts 387Oregon USA |
Thank you both very much. I never understood morbid funerals, I hope when I die everyone gets together, has a great laugh and drink loads. |
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moondogz Member
since 2007-05-01
Posts 397Great White North |
Jesus Seeker!!!!! Dude you are "WELDED" to your muse...that was mind altering. I am simply amazed at your talent...take a well deserved bow. |
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Mystress May Member
since 2007-10-25
Posts 296Taunton, MA |
Moondogz... haha love the way you worded that.... 'welded to his muse' so accurate.... so perfect |
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Seeker72 Member
since 2007-02-24
Posts 387Oregon USA |
Thanks moondogz. MM he does come out with some good saying, with your permission moondogz i would like to use the phrase if you wouldn't mind. |
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moondogz Member
since 2007-05-01
Posts 397Great White North |
hey Seeker, I'd say you earned the right to use that phrase...so yes go for it. |
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Seeker72 Member
since 2007-02-24
Posts 387Oregon USA |
Thank you Sire. Once completed I shall post on here. |
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