If I Could Choose Poem by Barry Middleton

If I Could Choose

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if I could choose a time to die
then it would be in summer

the heat of noon is tempered by
a rumbling distant drummer

the blazing sun is muted then
as darkness roils the sky

spring's bloom and orchids fade
and wilt but never sigh

they nor men can know the hour
they shed a final tear

in summer flowers must submit
their spirit freed from fear

If I Could Choose
Thursday, August 25, 2016
Topic(s) of this poem: death,summer
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