Death Looks Different On You Poem by Selorm Agbleze

Death Looks Different On You



Death looks different on you
Young one that steals from the aged
They say the robbed that smiles steals from the thief
You smile this day is theft to death
It is a baffle of the mind
It is a break of tradition
In our land
The dead young are supposed to frown
But what is this excitement behind your eye lids
What is this joy your lips can't speak
Death is ugly
Yours is beautiful
Death is cold
Yours is warm
What is this fire within your body
What is this beauty emerging from beneath your skin
The vultures have lost their flight
There is no wind of pain to lift their wings
The women’s wail is not of pain
It is of confusion
What is this excitement that creeps into the air
What is this peace that comforts the heart
Young one that steals from the aged

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