Won't You Scream For Me?

Won’t you laugh lightly from your eyes to distraction?

Won’t you speak forth our epic tale of boundless love?

Won’t you grasp my hands tightly in yours and warm them?

Won’t you wrap your arms around me bone crushing as I weep?

Won’t you whisper false promises and lost hopes in my ears?

Won’t you scream for me to awaken as you hold me?

Won’t you sweetly serenade me dead as I go?

Won’t you live on without me after I have gone?

Won’t you die someday and seek me where I await?

Won’t we be together, my love, once more and forever?

©2012 Barbara Brown

All rights reserved

05/15/12

Author's Note

The hardest part of dying is letting go. I have an incurable disease and these are my feelings.

Reviews

[Sheila Kline]

And, I truly hope the answer for each question is an overwhelming, gigantic YES!!!!!
Some of your lines, though chilling, shake me to the core! "Won't you scream for me to awaken? Won't you serenade me dead as I go? These lines are ones which make me stand straight up, and shout", God, the answer has to be YES!!

[BreeBree1983]

Amazing.. Beautiful! I love this!

[ROSALIND]

this is breath taking but sad to I just pray that God will comfort You....

[Patrick]

I don't know what to say but I know if you feel and know this, you have something special. Thankyou for sharing it

[Emerald Seas]

The last line captures all the hope... "Won't we be together, my love, once more and forever?" Don't most of us believe there is SOMETHING beyond this physical existence? If you believe it to be heaven, or a spiritual entity, or an energy. We can hope that our presence lives on to meet with our loved ones once again.

To write these words takes great bravery to face the feelings over your disease and utter them aloud or on paper. To share them with all of us is an even greater courage in sharing an emotional rawness... truly a wonderful soul you have, Barbara.

[marytownsend]

I love the line "won't you die someday and seek me in a better place..." Our true hope in this life is that our loved ones, and us will all gather on the other side and love will continue-always. Beautiful, heartfelt poem!!