Attending My Funeral

What happens when we act when we do not know

I’m dressed up

A stripped suit with a black tie

Standing out in the snowfall

I’m watching

As a group of people mourn a loss

Crying next to a freshly dug grave

It feels strange

Because I know the people mourning

They’re my family and close friends

I see one person

Standing off to the side 

It’s the girl I love

I’m surprised

To see her cry so hard

As she drops a rose on the grave

The rose has a note

Reads ‘Love now, Love forever’

And she signed her name

I want to touch her

To comfort her pain

But I don’t

I don’t interact with anyone

I leave them to cry and sulk

As they mourn the loss of someone

Everyone leaves

Except for me

Except for her

I stand near

Both of us looking at the gravestone

And then I remember

On the gravestone

Reads “In Memory of a Beloved

Brother, Son, and Friend”

I suddenly feel dizzy

As I look at my name printed underneath

I was attending my own funeral

I look at her

Then the rose with the note

Realizing what I have done

A way out of pain

Pain of loving someone

The pain thinking she didn’t love me

A mistake

I could’ve sworn was right

Now I’ll miss the pain

I reach out

My hand connects with her cheek

She jumps and looks around

She doesn’t see

I’m right here by her

Clueless and blinded by the truth

Author's Note

Question of the poem: This poem was made more by symbolism than anything else. What is the symbolism to you?

Reviews

[Blossom]

amazing imagery. I Kinda reminds me of a person comforting another person, through presence.

[Adam :P]

o wow that defintly suprised me, and such good imagery, wow. very very good poem one of my favorites.. i like this alot.