Dying  is an art

Dying is an art

A Poem by Gee
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Or so she said !

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What of the mind so troubled
that lucidity all but gone
and the only sound drear, sombre notes
ne'er the cheerfulness of song.

What of the mind so troubled
that the future not a thought
and death is a friend whose companionship
every decade insanely sought.

What of the mind so troubled
that love leads only to death
and there finally peace in an angels arms
a full stop as a final breath...

© 2020 Gee


Author's Note

Gee
Read a couple of Plaths' poems and then this penned

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miss Plath can do that to you good sir no doubt! we see what we seek my friend. In love life and even death, it always strikes me how the spectacles we wear make the spectacles we live

Posted 3 Years Ago


Gee

3 Years Ago

Cheers Robert.
Enjoyed your review :)
Cheers
Powerful stuff here. There is indeed a time to die. May we all be all right with it when that time comes.

Posted 3 Years Ago


Gee

3 Years Ago

Thank you JTB
Some, like Plath, are bent on self-destruction, but since I answered the suicide hotline for 2 years, I saw firsthand that most who are "suicidal" are really not. They just don't know how else to get someone to pay a little attention to them. I think people, in general, are starving for attention. I love your symbol of suicide as a lover . . . couldn't be more spot-on. The lover that's paying lots of attention (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

Posted 3 Years Ago


barleygirl

3 Years Ago

Love your avatar photo! No wonder you're such a happy family man! *smile*
Gee

3 Years Ago

Lol, the good lady wife and our child :))
Thank you Margie, hope all is well in the wildernes.. read more
I think it's that love thing, should come with a government health warning. You get in it, you get out it, and before you know it, you've called it a day.

Posted 3 Years Ago


Gee

3 Years Ago

All good thanks, although confined to tier 4 barracks :)
Paul Bell

3 Years Ago

Same here, people are mugging dog owners for walking privileges.
Gee

3 Years Ago

Lol, they'd not be long in returning my two cocker spaniels :)
So many times have i heard "I wish the good Lord would take me", it's a kind of prayer really i heard many times when working in residential care homes.
And the peaceful look when it's all over .... letting go is their relief and our grief.

Posted 3 Years Ago


Gee

3 Years Ago

When mum was rushed to hospital for the last time she declined all medicine, she had in her mind dec.. read more
Stella Armour

3 Years Ago

She had a good attitude bless her.
Thickish snow this morning , but then a couple of flakes .. read more
dear Gee... Death will result in eternal light...
Will there be another Garden of Eden.
We will never know until we breathe our last breath.
I would surmise that our Spirit lives on... as long
as there are flowers and birds to give us a reason to rejoice.
gently, Pat

Posted 3 Years Ago


Gee

3 Years Ago

Unless a person resurrected I guessed we'll never know.
Thank you Patricia
A beautiful thought Gee and felt the same when my Dad passed after too many years in and out of hospital. Whatever he saw in his last days took all fear from his face and let him go in peace. Whatever it was, I'm grateful for and if it helped him make sense of the SENSELESS, then maybe there is more reason than we know.

Posted 3 Years Ago


Lorry

3 Years Ago

Apologies, predictive text decided to shout senseless at you 😊
Gee

3 Years Ago

Jaysus man, you can't go hollering at a fella at this time of the day, you'll wake the neighbours.read more
Lorry

3 Years Ago

Ha! The usual mind games afoot for weeks makes it feel like it should have been and gone already. Ca.. read more


.............................. Good old Sylvia ........ this is really quite something Gee .. seriously good mate ..

Posted 3 Years Ago


Gee

3 Years Ago

Glad you approve Neville. Cheers
Strangely, I cannot seriously contemplate a person who has never seriously contemplated his/her own death. And further, a grown person who hasn't seriously contemplated facilitating that end. That being said here I am at a ripe old age. How strange is that.
So, you have written something that caused one reviewer to say all that. Must be a good, or at least, provocative poem.

Posted 3 Years Ago


Gee

3 Years Ago

Wrote this after reading about and a few of Plaths poems. Can honestly say I have never thought of s.. read more
Delmar Cooper

3 Years Ago

This afterPlath? Imagine a few Plaths with a few glasses of chardonnay? Lethal.
I think it is!! What kind of art is another thing. Some is the Jesus and baby painting , some is a Jackson pollack, and some may be a snuff flick.. All art in someone's eyes...lol. Seriously, this is a a pretty original thought I think, a comparison that I can see from many different angles. Love the pace and tone. Great piece all the way around!!


Posted 3 Years Ago


Gee

3 Years Ago

Cheers Crowley. Actually wrote this after reading a couple of Plaths poems.
Hope you are well

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