When I am dead
When I am DEAD.
What will you do?
Not
“When I’m gone”,
or
“When I’ve left”,
but when there’s
no other chance
of anything further.
Ooft.
Harsh.
But a thing we MUST do.
The faint trace of a father’s murmer.
Will you cry?
Will you wail?
Will you wait
until someone else
INFORMS
you that it was a jape?
How long will my memory prevail?
I don’t want you to be the last who knows- and nor WILL you be…
“the Orange turned
back
to the Black
and the Green”
It says a lot.
I am finally free,
and all I think about
is a return
to thee.
I am fine.
Life is a vine.
Remember me.
Your love is a vine.
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Written on May 21, 2024
Submitted by Sleekwood on May 21, 2024
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Characters | 662 |
Words | 188 |
Stanzas | 14 |
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