OH YOU CRUEL DEATH

I can feel it coming,

Relentlessly coming after me,

I knoweth its craving for my soul,

As it did to those who have gone before me,

I shall keep running,

But I knoweth that one day it shall over take me,

 

I feel its cruel presence in the early mornings,

And in the darkness of the nights,

i don’t know when,

I don’t know how,

I don’t know where,

I shall keep running,

But I knoweth that one day it shall overtake me

 

Oh death! The separator of husbands from wives,

 

     Oh death! The separator of parents from children,

 

Oh! Death the separator of siblings,

 

    Oh! Death the separator of great friends

I shall keep running but,

I knoweth that one day you shall overtake me,

 

Oh death!

Oh death!

Oh death!

 

Reviews

[M_S_Lay]

Its a thought process that I, and probably every one else on earth has had.
It can be a terrifying realization that one day, without prior notice, youre going to end.
I like the way you put that horrible epiphany into words/
Excellent work

This was very powerful! I think how you repeated the words Oh! Death! at the end really added to that power! Great poem!

[Barbara Walker]

Yes, the final seperation. Your words bring out the fear very strongly. Running and knowing no matter how far or how fast, death WILL catch up to you! Barbara

[Mercury Mirrors]

Very nice. It makes you wonder how YOU're going to die...I hope I die with a pen in my hand & music in my ears. Awesome write ^^.

[Jane Doe]

This is a great piece, I love the separation of the stanzas. And it is so true as each day we are decaying a little more, bringing us ever closer to the Death that will inevitably come for us. This poem is wonderfully written and very powerful. Good job!

[None]

I can feel the fear created here and the running and separation from loved one. You did a fantastic job relaying emotions to the reader. This has a great written quality with the old language style and the repeatitiveness at the end! I could see this on the stage where someone is reading your lines! Very moving!

Someone who is fighting for his/her life, fighting with strength and vigor. Good poem, well done.

[Angela H.]

...the separator of husbands from wives....parents from children.

Very nice write. Sounds like something from Psalms. It has that bigness. Good job.

[Haleemaaisha]

HAhaha Bravo!!!! this looks this could be a shakespear line. Thank you for your kind reviews I had to return the favor

[♥ Courtney &hear..]

loved it!! Your use of words is spectacular. :) It stole my attention from the start. :) GOOD JOB!!


-Courtney