Dying is an art

Or so she said !

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...

Author's Note

Read a couple of Plaths' poems and then this penned

Reviews

[Robert Trakofler]

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

[Gee]

Cheers Robert.
Enjoyed your review :)
Cheers

[John the Baptist]

Powerful stuff here. There is indeed a time to die. May we all be all right with it when that time comes.

[Gee]

Thank you JTB

[barleygirl]

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

[barleygirl]

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

[Gee]

Lol, the good lady wife and our child :))
Thank you Margie, hope all is well in the wilderness

[Paul Bell]

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.

[Gee]

Aye, tis better to have loved and lost he said as he blew his brains out :))
Cheers Paul, hope you are well

[Paul Bell]

Chugging along, hope things are good with you.

[Gee]

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

[Paul Bell]

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

[Gee]

Lol, they'd not be long in returning my two cocker spaniels :)

[Stella Armour]

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.

[Gee]

When mum was rushed to hospital for the last time she declined all medicine, she had in her mind decided enough was enough, and then she passed ..
Thank you for visiting and for your words Stella.
Hope all is well up North

[Stella Armour]

She had a good attitude bless her.
Thickish snow this morning , but then a couple of flakes is deemed enough for the country to come to a standstill these days lol .

[Patricia Wedel]

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

[Gee]

Unless a person resurrected I guessed we'll never know.
Thank you Patricia

[Lorry]

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.

[Lorry]

Apologies, predictive text decided to shout senseless at you 😊

[Gee]

Jaysus man, you can't go hollering at a fella at this time of the day, you'll wake the neighbours.read moreJaysus man, you can't go hollering at a fella at this time of the day, you'll wake the neighbours.
Cheers Lorry, hope all is well.
Big game coming up !

[Lorry]

Ha! The usual mind games afoot for weeks makes it feel like it should have been and gone already. Can't see them crumbling this time round, but if we win by eight, win our three games in hand and wishful thinking really works, we'll stroll it 😊
Think it'll be an old school belter though, see it being four two, but no idea who to 😊
Yer lot are looking good at the top again and still got a gear or two in them. Liverpool Everton one two with arsenal relegated? 😊

[Neville]

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

[Gee]

Glad you approve Neville. Cheers

[Delmar Cooper]

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.

[Gee]

Wrote this after reading about and a few of Plaths poems. Can honestly say I have never thought of suicide for myself but do know folks who have lost family members in this way.
Thank you for taking the time to comment

[Delmar Cooper]

This afterPlath? Imagine a few Plaths with a few glasses of chardonnay? Lethal.

[Crowley]

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!!

[Gee]

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