Thoughts on Dreams and Death

a poem considering suicide and it's value

Artistry in life is lost

poetry aside been tossed

now comes the long refrain...

both life and death cannot remain

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so float onto the cumulus cloud

sing and dance and dream aloud

rise above the tumultuous crowd

where shadow is not life endowed

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break from these chains that hold you down

Imagine! discontented now

you mustn't settle for a crown

'tis more honorable to bow

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So what to learn from all I've said?

that hope, and life, and love are dead?

nay say I, because to die

would bring thee no more tears to cry

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Dreams are Dreams and Death is not

Death is life and hope forgot

resign yourself from its evil plot

no value lives in a life unfaught

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Fly now free! away from me!

do not hold back what you can be

A tapestry! defining thee

like twilight on the open sea

Reviews

[LaVonneTheLovely]

This is beautiful. Love the message!

[Robert Malcom]

thank you! it's one of my luckier pieces, I almost trashed it at first but it just needed some revision

[LaVonneTheLovely]

You're Very welcome! I end up either trashing or revising a ton of my stuff when I look back at it also.

[Robert Malcom]

:P I don't really write much so I try to make what I do write count

[LaVonneTheLovely]

exactly. I usually come back to writing when I feel extreme emotions. on an average day I don't pick up a pen. really though. I found this quite inspiring. so don't consider trashing things so much!

[Robert Malcom]

:) I'll try not to! and I'm gonna try to write more too!

[LaVonneTheLovely]

Good. You really should. You have a great talent and style, and with more practice your poems will become even more amazing!

[Robert Malcom]

:3 Thank you so much! but you really are too! I need to read more of yours though

[LaVonneTheLovely]

you don't Need to. ha. I don't "review" solely to get others to read my stuff. But thankyou!

[Robert Malcom]

maybe not but I do have a special place in my heart for poetic thinkers!

[LaVonneTheLovely]

:)