No Dress Rehearsal

No Dress Rehearsal

A Poem by TheAdventOf
"

This just... happened.

"

Every second passed

Was spent, thinking

About every second I’m passing,

Thinking about the next one.

 

I never thought once

That getting old and falling apart

Would happen to me…

 

But it did,

And I ‘ m

f  a  d  i  n  g  .  .  .

© 2010 TheAdventOf


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I like it from title to ending line. Everything just fits each other perfectly. I like the idea of aging as something that has "no dress rehearsal" and something that "just...happened". It's so true and yet so creatively told.

Keep Writing. ^___^

Posted 13 Years Ago


I like this title it fits the subject well .. no dress rehearsal for getting old!
lol i love it .. but not fading .. getting wiser?
A nice one

Peace
Chloe

Posted 14 Years Ago


Great poem. First stanzas shows about the here and now. The second stanzas about looking back and see that your old. The last stanzas confirms the 2nd stanzas. Good job. Ethan

Posted 14 Years Ago


Whooa, I love that first stanza. That is a great line, it almost sounds like a quote.

Posted 14 Years Ago



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TheAdventOf
TheAdventOf

Middletown, NJ



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I'm a 20 year old college student in Annville, Pennsylvania (home is, and will always be NJ though), and I'd love to get published someday. I'm an English Communications major, and I'm looking to get .. more..

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A Poem by TheAdventOf