Deaths greatest wish



Death, the bringer of havoc,
the collector of the lost
and the Mosiah to those who are deteriorating

Death comes, takes the innocent, and leaves those who evade him
He must be malevolent, right?

is he a mere messenger, that does G-d’s dirty work?
what if death is a slave, the same as you and I
forced into doing G-ds will

death has lived eternities doing the labor he despises
Stealing souls from the innocent, leaving the rest waiting in peril

Death is tired of his routine
The constant stink of remorse trailing behind his every move

What if death's greatest wish is to die?

About this poem

This poem shows how poetry has the power to personify the concept of death.

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Written on May 18, 2022

Submitted by shevichalmers on May 18, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXX XX XAX XX XX A
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 587
Words 115
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 3, 2, 3, 2, 2, 1

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