when i am gone

when i am gone

A Poem by Karen D Reeves

i may leave before

you think i should

but if i do don't worry

there is no failure, only choice

and i just got tired of the role

stepped off the stage to rest

and contemplate the next

having chosen my exit


i am only backstage

maybe on a walk down the street

but i am not lost, only changing

once again the elements of me

rearranging themselves

the chaos before creation is what you see

but rest assured of a new day

in a new place

with a new sun

where we will be gathered once again

on the stage of a new play singing

 fresh lyrics

to songs of the same Truths

but better understood now


look for me


look for me


look

listen

and know


you will recognize me

when it is time

standing on the mark

in front of

you

and it will be as it was

but new

and you might even remember

the place from which we started

which we have never really left


and that there is nothing else

but forever


no need to cry

just


listen

© 2015 Karen D Reeves


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Added on January 31, 2015
Last Updated on January 31, 2015
Tags: poem, prose, life, death, change, transformation

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Karen D Reeves
Karen D Reeves

San Antonio, TX



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Been writing since middle school--let's just say a long time ago. Had the privilege in my senior year of high school to take part in a poetry workshop led by poet Naomi Shihab Nye. V-e-r-y slowly buil.. more..

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A Poem by Karen D Reeves