I am at Peace

I have heard somewhere that 'We should not pity the dead, we should envy them.' Thought I'll write a poem on that...

You begin your day with a morning grunt,

Another joyless day in a joyless month,

Immersed in pain and horror the world's abound,

Yet I lay here, my mind is sound.

Trees and forests lit aflame,

And none but men deserve the blame,

The world falls to ruin piece by piece,

But I rest here in eternal peace.

Fearsome wars for every reason,

Stain with blood many a season,

Great cities have come and fall,

And I stay away from it all.

Men have led, as men have followed,

From their children, life has been borrowed,

They cannot be stopped, doom awaits all who try,

But i feel no sorrow, I do not cry.

I plead you, shed no tears,

For I have no regret and have no fears,

If you must, then show your envy,

For I am at peace for eternity....... 

Reviews

[An owl on the moon]

A profoundly moving, darkly lit write that takes us to a place of richest inspiration... You do what poet's do best... make us evaluate afresh our lives and fears and sorrows... So well done.

[Ellejune]

I think this has such power for such a small thing i really like it

[PoeticVandal]

Thank you..

[Ellejune]

your more than welcome - If you could, could you check out some of mine?
Thanks

[PoeticVandal]

Already have....i particularly like the cloud...

[Ellejune]

Thankyou

[The Dreamer]

when everything in this world becomes too hard to bear ,some often crave for death and envy it.the poem was written well , nicely rhymed,good work :)