Lament for the Living

i lament for the dead

by chanting dirges

about fighting doubt

fighting urges to fault the living

for everything

i've lost

out of spite

i celebrate the living

combatively

by feigning urges

and pretending justice

adores us

that doubt does not rule us

there is light in our being

   ...such arbitrary things...

            fear and doubt

            hope and certainty 

what is and is not reality

revealed to me on occasion

turns my despair toward the living

turns my envy to the dead

for a moment

             and so tomorrow at least

   i shall lament the living instead

and celebrate the dead for a while

for they may well be the very luckiest 

in the end 

Author's Note

Reviews

[aLittlePain]

I love that song! Reminds me so much of my days living in the states and Canada.
I've lost 3 people that absolutely meant the world to me, losing them really broke me. You have to remember them though, but sometimes it's f*****g painful! Closing stanza is dope. S**t review sorry. Good song though. R xo

[Davidgeo]

Thanks for reviewing. It's okay if it's s**t, this poem isn't that good anyway. As long as it makes you remember, that's all.

[Marina]

That song is the sh*t.
Great lines in the end, I think the lucky ones are those who are finally rested.

[Davidgeo]

Clutch is a criminally underrated band. Checkout an album of theirs named "Pigtown Blues".

In the end I think everyone gets lucky.

Thanks for stopping buy pretty eye.

[Marina]

I am a big fan of Clutch, so I know the album. Gives me the chills.
My pleasure James.

[Davidgeo]

You have good taste. Let us take pleasure in that.

[Papaya]

I have only lost one person that was very close to me and I have not celebrated her death but I hope that when I pass I am remembered by loved ones, not with tears or pity but with laughs. I think you have seen more than I have and I think that the remember is important.

[Davidgeo]

Let me know when you die, it'll be funny if you can.

[Papaya]

Yeah, I'll let you know for sure.
It would be my pleasure to haunt you as your little ghost.

[Davidgeo]

Creepy... Just don't judge me based off the things that I masturbate to.

[Papaya]

I'll close my eyes.

[Davidgeo]

Ghosts don't have eyelids

[Papaya]

You saw right through me didn't you?
(Ghost joke)

[Davidgeo]

Aren't you a clever one?