End of Days

In later life we must face death.

End of Days

Silence surrounds me

as dearly departed hearts

fall as confetti.

 

12/05/17

Reviews

[DIVYA]

My pillars weaken and fall one by one. Clueless I dwell helplessly in the silence of death. Your words are full of an unearthly beauty here.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Divya, your comment is more poetic than the piece itself and has a most breath-taking voice. Many thanks.

[DIVYA]

Inspired by your words John. Touched a chord as I lost one parent and see the other weaken every day. Thanks a lot for appreciating.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Your pillars weaken and fall,
one by one by one.
Clueless, you dwell helplessly in the silence
between life and death.
Words are filled with unearthly beauty here,
mere whispers that echo
in succulent caverns.
A place of tranquillity,
a place of possibilities.
Here we exist,
disembodied hearts,
two butterflies,
freefalling
into the hurricane.

31/07/17

[John Alexander McFadyen]

To watch a loved one slipping away is hard but it is the shadows they leave we must hold on to.

[DIVYA]

Here we exist,
disembodied hearts,
two butterflies,
freefalling
into the hurricane.

No words left John. Indeed, we are as butterflies in a giant cavern. In freefall, where the winds take us. Thanks for beautiful poetry you created from our thoughts. Disembodied but not disconnected.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

No, I thank you for the inspiration that we share. Many thanks Divya.

[DIVYA]

You are always welcome John.

[Mira]

I clicked on this because of the title, "End of Days", very intriguing, I wanted to see what it was about. A few words can have a big impact, and this is exactly that. Very hard-hitting, and extremely beautiful. I just love this for some reason.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Thank you Mira. Glad you liked it despite the subject matter.

[Tiana]

You moved me deeply with just a few words ...

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Many thanks Tiana.

[Lydia Shutter]

This one packs a punch, John. I have lost way too many people in the last 10 years...young and old friends and relatives. It never gets any easier, does it? So emotional. Lydi**

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Indeed and all the famous people we grew up listening to or watching. Many thanks Lydi.

[Lydia Shutter]

And personal friends and family as well.

[Relic]

It has become all too common now that I'm older. Friends are here today and gone tomorrow.

So sad.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Indeed but it is life and death. An inevitable destination. I guess I think we should celebrate the person not their demise? Many thanks.

[andrew mitchell]

Excellently written John, so many friends, family, and musicians we followed with their music are falling like confetti, now ever so slowly ,but only to become heavy as a whole generation is gone.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Thanks Andrew

[andrew mitchell]

You are welcome John.

[Kelly Scheppers]

I infuse vigor into every day, perhaps only by writing. It seemingly makes each day an epitaph of gratefulness.

You write these senryu's with such finesse John, such conviction!

[John Alexander McFadyen]

I admire your approach dear Kelly. It is so good to enjoy even a fraction of living, knowing life is worth it, and in writing we also leave our souls on earth. Many thanks.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

isn't this the truth?!!
i am facing it as well...people i grew up with...friends, family...celebrities...so many gone now...i am a survivor...
knowing i will be on that list sooner or later, maybe sooner than later.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Indeed it is Jacob. Personally I have accepted it as inevitable and it no longer concerns me. Many thanks.