Last Thoughts

I have nothing left to say

All my thoughts have blown away,

And I dread the sun that rises in the morning,

For my wife will look at me

Knowing all my history,

While my emptiness is all that I was born in.

 

For the world has bled me dry

Took the tears I meant to cry,

And corrupted everything that I believed in,

All the things I thought were right

Disappeared overnight,

Leaving only false ideals that were deceiving.

 

All I see is greed and hate

Love that tends to dissipate,

And the friends that turn away when you are needing,

All the former friends before

Who came knocking at your door,

But don’t want to know the score when you are bleeding.

 

Life is much too long alone

When your family has grown

Leaving just the faintest essence of their passing,

When they find the world out there

They have little left to share

But the faded photographs you lived your past in.

I was young, but now I’m old

So the story has been told

And there’s little in the future I’ll be keeping,

But a faded, caring wife

Who stood by me in this life,

And will still be by my side when we are sleeping.

 

David Lewis Paget

Reviews

[TL Boehm]

a sad write, so often you are distanced - a story teller weaving the fortunes and mishaps of the curious and the humble around mechanically brilliant meter and word but in this case this one feels more introspective, more personal
Life is much too long alone
When your family has grown
Leaving just the faintest essence of their passing,
When they find the world out there
They have little left to share
But the faded photographs you lived your past in.
I am a genealogist by hobby - working on archiving some old pictures, and that stanza especially hit me.

[Bob Sherunkle]

Mr Paget,this could almost be a swan song.I hope not.It is very sad, but to me sums up a life well lived but scattered with pockets of disappointments.

[Katie Lynn]

This is absolutely beautiful, David. Thank you for writing this, it has touched my heart in a way to make me not fear death, but embrace it when my time has come. It has a sad and lonely tone to it, yet a happy undertone to show that you appreciate having led such a long and productive life with the chance of still having someone you love by your side at the very end and in the ever after. This is simply brilliant. Kudos and please, for all of us, keep writing!
Best Regards, Katie

[Draven]

This is as beautiful as it is tragic. Touching, sad, and magical. I barely have words to describe the bliss of this amazing work, only that I can say I feel truly blessed to know that I was so privileged to be able to have read and enjoyed it. I connected to this very deeply.

[Harmony Babin]

I absolutely love this work, it's much bitter sweet