Death, does thou lie?
What lies beyond the breath
No bright reversion shalt
Thou gain, given a lifetime of faith
Death, be not so cold
After you, what can remain?
An extinction of what was once
A company of many friends
Or loneliness dies to itself
To be reborn in someone else
There was a time to wander here
To think of life’s empowerment
To learn, and laugh, and love
For some mortal months
Death, take me, subdue my story
With the ending fit for all hearts
It does not matter how we die
We shall die, and that’s art
It’s poetry to die and wonder
Thou bringest all endings here
Here to a universe of expanding light
With only time to gather or pluck
The shortest quivering sentiment
Of what it meant to live.
Wuji Seshat 
great poem! love it!
Thanks Leroy
What I love most about this piece is that if it ‘absorbed’ entirely, it forces the reader to Focus, consider and compare their own true thoughts about death. I’ve been obessessed forever myself. Truly beautifuly written.
❤ Kyla
Thanks Kyla, that’s a nice comment you left…
You’re very welcome Wuji. You inspired my muse-Thank you 🙂
Loved it!
I love the classical verse, I have a book, If Not Winter, the fragments of Sappho, I could feel the antiquity and beautiful fragments here. Lovely.
Thanks Heartafire, I’m a huge fan of female poets, Sappho is special though…