I Die In Bits And Pieces Poem by Patti Masterman
I Die In Bits And Pieces
I die in bits and pieces, starts and stops;
A puzzle never to be completed;
The wrong answer, to no known question.
My weight of days are heavy with foreboding,
That you can never forestall that last sunset.
Fear's a debt never made good.
Don't look for reasons down here;
There aren't any-
Just imperatives.
Our only freedom is the track we were born into;
No more choice than any animal, running on instinct.
Our wills, our only sword for doing battle.
So much distance from your words to mine,
We could almost be on another planet, shouting into blind darkness.
Though our lives run so parallel, they're nearly indistinguishable.
Every year is more fragmented than the last
Entropy stretches out space and memories
And at the end, there's only endless night.
If we're truly lucky, we might die before losing all grace;
Then they will say, what a good life he had-
But watch, nobody will meet your eyes at that moment
Because they're all still prisoners themselves,
Running a losing race, lying to themselves
To make it through their lengthening days.
Just because it's the only game in town
Doesn't make it any better:
If you don't start to rebel now, you will only die more enslaved.
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4/23/2024 8:35:52 AM # 1.0.0.1119
If we're truly lucky, we might die before losing all grace***; ..........Amen to that! - - - - - - - - - - - - - ***definition one (or the other!) : of course, definition #1 gas has several definitions! ! grace ɡrās/ noun noun: grace; noun: grace period; plural noun: grace periods; noun: His Grace; noun: Her Grace; noun: Your Grace 1. simple elegance or refinement of movement. she moved through the water with effortless grace synonyms: elegance, poise, gracefulness, finesse; suppleness, agility, nimbleness, light-footedness the grace of a ballerina antonyms: inelegance, stiffness courteous goodwill. at least he has the grace to admit his debt to her synonyms: courtesy, decency, (good) manners, politeness, decorum, respect, tact he at least had the grace to look sheepish antonyms: effrontery an attractively polite manner of behaving. plural noun: graces she has all the social graces 2. (in Christian belief) the free and unmerited favor of God, as manifested in the salvation of sinners and the bestowal of blessings. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - death be mine! I say let me not die without agility! Give me pills or a knife while I've ability.. to administer the blessed coup de grace. A pile of compost can be my resting place! bri :)
You have wonderfully refreshing outlooks on things. In retrospect, I feel this piece is more whining about death. But what would life be without death? You must have both light and dark, good and evil.. if only we could see that last compost pile, might we stop taking ourselves so seriously all the time?