(1957)

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Death and I

When death comes
I’ll need not love –
Consumed,
No wreath or dove
Could offer me salvation,
Not when I’m no more.

A weathered stone will bear my name –
Identity of once a being
Living out existence in
A world of risk, and never seeing
Sense of why we’re here.

My genes will die away thro’ child –
Hue of eyes and hair, the way of thought,
Will quickly dim with generation –
Bow to future dominance –
Memories of provenance
Resigned to curious few.

When death comes
I’ll need not grace
Below; no grieving face
Will call my resurrection,
Not when I’m at ground –

Death and I so bound.

Copyright © Mark R Slaughter 2011










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Submitted: Thursday, March 03, 2011
Edited: Saturday, December 31, 2011


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  • Shivani Yadav (8/3/2012 2:27:00 AM)

    I love this poem...so deep and the way I too think... thnx fo writing and sharing it.

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  • Emma Zawadi Awich (7/23/2011 1:03:00 AM)

    Very emotional bt simple displayin the loneliness dt comes with death.

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