To Face

Some people die once. Some people think only readers or actors die more than once. But most people die a thousand times before their heart stops beating.

find something you adore and let it tear you up
let it sink into the bottom of your cup of tea
of coffee, or whiskey, or beer
let it drown in the same things you drown in
but don’t teach it to swim like you can

find something you adore and let it rip you up
find skylines of cities or classical guitar
or heavy metal and sunny days
let it dissolve into an abstract like the rest
but don’t teach it to be like you do

find something you love and let it kill you
find a person, a word, a phrase, a place
let it leech into your bones and ruin them
like acid, from the inside out.
let yourself crumble in as they destroy your core
because once you've died of love
dying of anything else is the easiest thing to face

Author's Note

Yes, it's all supposed to be lowercase and poorly punctuated.

Reviews

[Glen Yumang Manese]

find something you love and let it kill you
fine a person, a word, a phrase, a place
let it leech into your bones and ruin them
like acid, from the inside out.
let yourself crumble in as they destroy your core
because once you've died of love
dying of anything else is the easiest thing to face
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find something you love and let it kill you
find a person, a word, a phrase, a place
let it leech into your bones and ruin them
like acid, from the inside out.
let yourself crumble in as they destroy your core
because once you've died of love
dying of anything else is the easiest thing to face

I liked the sound of this one...I believe you wanted to use "Find" again in the second preceding line...this grabs your attention span throughout the read...and the last stanza does it in for this verse...

[Stephen]

Poorly Punctuated?? Huh?? Really?

Well .. I don't think, it's poorly punctuated or badly written at all .. what all I do know is I haven't read uch a piece before indeed.. it's awesome may be the piece's awesome cause your awesome. I love this poem.

[zainul]

While reading the poem,I felt like complying with your command that decorated the first line of each of three stanzas.I really enjoyed the work.