Turn

To Laugh or cry,
To live or to die.
A twist or turn.
Shall we ever return,
To live and to learn.

The answer beckons
Of all that we reckoned
And the closing darkness comes
But the light shines softly in,
And forgotten is our sin,
Tentatively we open to an imperfect world.

One moment of delight,
A moment of despair in sight.
On this path we know not,
Are we coming
Or are we going.

Yet there is no toeing or froing
For those who are going
A whole life ahead
Another one left behind.

Screamless fear,
All near lost
Of what was dear
High was the cost,
But little was the price.

We must stop,
To start anew again.
We glimpsed the summit,
But It was not our time.
To laugh or cry,
To live or to die.

Voices whispered in our ears,
Of hopes and of fears.
We hope that,
Long years we will wait
To hear our final fate.
 

Author's Note

I'm open to suggestion and criticism.

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

Poem is very good. The flow and the thoughts you create with your words I liked a lot. The final fate is not written for anyone. The test of a good life is kindness and a good heart. Concern for life and death don't mean much for I believe we have no choice in the matter anyway. A outstanding poem. You made me think. The goal of a writer.
Coyote

[James Watts]

Not a bad write. No one really wants to know their fate, but the temptation of knowing can be unbearable.

[Dom Macchiaroli]

A fine piece. My fave bit:
"Voices whispered in our ears,
Of hopes and of fears.
We hope that,
Long years we will wait
To hear our final fate."

well done.

[zombiikillah666]

whoa. really good!!!
i liked this poem oh so much. (:

[The Water Queen]

The flow is genius. The poem is just simply stunning.

[J.Black]

Genius.

[Michael X]

this is a word crafting delight, particularly the way each stanza is constructed
to draw an ephasize on the ending statement as the rhythm springs forth, the reader can't help but be drawen into the depth of the pondering, and
and it is powerful, awsome job.

[EMW]

This is really good. Actually incredible.