RESURRECTION MAN

RESURRECTION MAN

A Poem by alanwgraham
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Thoughts on eternity

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Resurrection Man

 

not long now; pray god, pray god

not long now; bare bones, bare bones

all that remain of what I was

that span of being; so sweet, so brief

such hopes; most dashed, some grasped

dust to dust; no, not quite yet

 

body and soul; fading little by little

lingering long among these bones

my earthly essence, not quite eternal

loitering, lingering; too, too long

within this squalid corpse of mine

  

if I had eyes, what sights I’d see

if I had tongues, what tales I’d  tell

if I had wits, what thoughts I’d weave

 

oh mother, dear mother

I shiver at the enormity of eternity!

 

but even as I tremble at the abyss;

crumbled, mossed, wormed

murmurs and memories of friend and foe

now unpick; my long, earthy, picking apart

pull me fearfully, seductively

back to that last, and first, breath

my rebirth, my resurrection

 

until at last; my time has come

petrified; I lie within my box

the nails are pulled, the lid is raised

then borne to my death bed

where friend and foe await


one breathe; is all it takes

to resurrect this mortal frame

I find my tongue and ask

'your memories fetched me back

now speak of them in truth'



 


 

 

 

 


© 2019 alanwgraham


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This is one of my favorite poems of yours that I've ever read. This has an intriguing point of view & things are expressed in your usual snappy style of commentary, with a lyrical lilt. As people seem to be dropping around me like flies recently, I wonder how I ever got to be this age where my contemporaries are routinely dying of "natural causes"?!?! So the pondering in your poem really tickles my fancy, since I find the topic of death to be wide open, as far as what's out there & who gets what!!??! I love how you use dramatic language with a wry twist (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

Posted 4 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

alanwgraham

4 Years Ago

This started from hearing someone on the radio that in one sense we live on as long as someone has m.. read more
alanwgraham

4 Years Ago

I forgot to apologize Margie for this late thanks. I may just have missed it but some of my WC stuff.. read more
barleygirl

4 Years Ago

I'm too forgetful to remember what I reviewed yesterday, so you're cool! *smile*



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Definitely could see this being sung in some old-timey pub. Brilliant imagery that evokes not just sights but even smells
This
crumbled, mossed, wormed
murmurs and memories of friend and foe
now unpick; my long, earthy, picking apart
Is so vivid. I really enjoy it

Posted 3 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

alanwgraham

3 Years Ago

Thanks Dennis. I'm busy working on a family history know and that makes you think on how memories of.. read more
wow the aspire of inspire in the aspiration of your words to breath new life is just about exactly what I believe in too and it will be so with that kind of write good sir this was a wonderful write you breathed life into love the imagery and the flow of it and the matter of matters is superb!

Posted 4 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

alanwgraham

4 Years Ago

Thanks for your kind review Robert. I believe that we do live on in our works.
All the best.. read more

this is absolutely bril Alan and I aint talkin fish neither .... N :)

Posted 4 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

This is captivating, Alan.
More thoughtful and incredible..

Posted 4 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

alanwgraham

4 Years Ago

Thanks Kay for your kind words.
All the best
Alan
Kay Salisu Titilola

4 Years Ago

My pleasure... Fellow writer.
Good poem, Alan, I think everyone feels the enormity of eternity, Abyss waiting, watching

Posted 4 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

alanwgraham

4 Years Ago

Hi Gram, Thanks for your perceptive comments. I think when you get older your thoughts turn to your .. read more
i see this a different way. It is like an awakening. The speaker feels that the end of life is coming, that his life is no longer worth living...time to go...give up...all that good stuff...and then something happens to resurrect his zest for life...his need to exist...his purpose...
and he gets a second chance at a first chance.
anyway...i like poems that hit my in the eye like this one...and then i say to myself...what was that about?
j.

Posted 4 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

alanwgraham

4 Years Ago

Thanks Jacob. This poem was triggered by someone on the radio saying that in one sense we live on un.. read more
This is one of my favorite poems of yours that I've ever read. This has an intriguing point of view & things are expressed in your usual snappy style of commentary, with a lyrical lilt. As people seem to be dropping around me like flies recently, I wonder how I ever got to be this age where my contemporaries are routinely dying of "natural causes"?!?! So the pondering in your poem really tickles my fancy, since I find the topic of death to be wide open, as far as what's out there & who gets what!!??! I love how you use dramatic language with a wry twist (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

Posted 4 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

alanwgraham

4 Years Ago

This started from hearing someone on the radio that in one sense we live on as long as someone has m.. read more
alanwgraham

4 Years Ago

I forgot to apologize Margie for this late thanks. I may just have missed it but some of my WC stuff.. read more
barleygirl

4 Years Ago

I'm too forgetful to remember what I reviewed yesterday, so you're cool! *smile*
This one seems to reflect the belief that immortality consists of how we are remembered by others. If such a belief is valid, some individuals have achieved it. There is as much proof for it as there is for reincarnation. Interesting write.

Posted 4 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

alanwgraham

4 Years Ago

Thanks John. You have expressed my idea for this perfectly that in some sense we linger on in the me.. read more
An interesting piece as the protagonist reflects and considers their own mortality and the concept of eternity. This compact freeverse certainly provided food for thought!

Posted 4 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

alanwgraham

4 Years Ago

Thanks John, this is meant to be the prelude to a longer ponder that I've be boning up on for a whil.. read more

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