does?

Does the jam miss the fruity vine

I ask as I spread it thick and moist

does the   peanut butter miss its shell

as I woof it down in haste

does the butter miss the tin churn

of milk

fresh from the cow in the barn

does the flower miss the dirt

and the feel of wet moist rain

does the paper miss its bark

on its parent tree

does the wig miss its owner

the pony tail falling deftly on floor

does the orphan miss his birth mum

as it meets the new  parents

does the puppy in the pet shop cage

miss his lonely mum weeping

does the tide miss the moon

as it wakes to the sunrise

does the potpouri

miss its freedom swaying

petals in the sun n rain

does the dead miss this life

does Adam miss Eves innocence

that I cannot answer

does the war miss its fallen

as the graves grow by the day

does the oyster miss its pearl

as she tries it on with glee

does the widow miss her husband

as she kisses his picture goodnight

these are all the questions

of life

and more

the most important one

being

will i miss me when im gone?

what is it all for

we all change

evolve into something else

the hair into the wig

the peanut into the butter

the tree into the paper

and so on and so on

etc etc etc

the imprints of our life

are here

forever more

and we travel on to the unknown

a new entity

a new being

what will become of me and you?

this is a question

that no one has returned to answer

im like the flower thats waiting

for my buds to dry out run dry

be swept up in the wind

and scattered all around

and yes ill miss myself

of what I was back then

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

So many questions Julie. Certainly a different perspective and I have no answers. I just read and smiled at your creativity.

Chris

[Julie McCarthy (juliespenhere)]

Thanks Chris hope you are well

[jacob erin-cilberto]

do we all miss what we once had, did or were?
interesting and provoking questions this poem asks.
j.

[Julie McCarthy (juliespenhere)]

morning Jacob hope you are well over there, and your winter is abating, hopefully, we had a very hot heatwave summer here thanks for your kind review :)