Life

Life

How Transient it is,

Like the edge of  a knife,

Here then gone, 

Like the gentle Swan,

And dark, as satins’ spawn.

  An epic tail,

Or a long unraveled trail.

No one the same,

And not one reclaimed.

When started 

It cannot be stopped.

When stopped,

It cannot be restarted.

all the hell and terrible strife,

Is a costly price,

The price, for life.

Author's Note

well? i have gone on o poetry frenzy tonight lol.

Reviews

[Devons]

You have captured quite forensically and clinically all the beautifully mysterious but shocking qualities of the subject in such short, brutal, yet savagely accurate words. A work of art in concision and meaning. These poems you have created may be short but deal with grand subjects on a very grand and eloquent scale.

[Sera]

great imegery here describing to unlike objects as well as simmilies like a ...

[R E Tree]

I like the flow of this poem. The words you have used are so creative. It describes life so clever. The poem can't be wrong about it

[The Uncommon Muse]

possible spelling error...should not satin's be Satan's?...but other than that...wow, the meter and the rhyme in this one is so succinct and well balanced.

[SamBug]

I like this one!

[Gomer LePoet]

Life can be a costly price if we let it be so. but in fact life was given to us free.
it is we unfortunaley that attach the price.

[TTBoy28]

Life is short and it can be sweet! Good job!

[KatiePie]

Again, I completely agree with Devons.
I love the way you compare two things that only relate through your words, it makes the reader think a lot about the things in life that pass us byunnoticed

[just rose.]

The brevity of this and its quick and lucid rhymes are astoundingly effective at capturing a huge and unfathomable theme. I like the convoluted paradox you suggest here and you resolve it so well.

[mope]

A lot packed in here - nicely. The sound sentiments, meter and the internal rhymes are knitted together so skilfully. A quality piece.

"The high cost of living hasn't affected its popularity."

[Ladysue]

Awesome indeed...masterfully crafted....