#dying poems on Hello Poetry

Ander Stone Apr 12

I need the rain.

Hard,
broken,
dessicated limbs hang
low and heavy
like twin pendulums
of shattered lead.

I need the storm

Cold,
cracking,
drained roots coil
notted and gnarled
like a cage
of sun bleached bone.

I need the flood.

Dark,
engulfing,
suffocated leaves wither
rusted and dying
like an endlessness
of time-ground sand.

I need the void.

#poem #poetry #time #death #dying #wither #bone #water #rain #strom

Zywa Apr 6

[ The world does exist ]

The world does exist,

finally I know for sure:

I am dying there.

Novel "The Satanic Verses" (1988, Salman Rushdie), chapter 9 A wonderful lamp

Collection "Low gear"

#reality #dying #death

Jeremy Betts Mar 11

~•§•~ Lost & (never) Found ~•§•~

Still breathing
But gave up trying
Heart still beating
Though I feel I've lost my life
Living proof grief hits harder than dying

I don't want to stop trying
And yes, I'd love to stop crying
'Cause life can be so deflating
I spot the gleem of the razor edge
And it looks so inviting

Death defying
I stole this pale horse I'm riding
Wrath and vengeance shouldn't be so enticing
What will it take to get my life back on track?
Hell, has it ever been?
I'm...
I'm having trouble remembering

©2024

#breath #beating #loss #life #proving #worse #dying #trying #deflating #edge

Heather Mar 7

Judgement Day

What’s a measure of a valuable life?
dignity;
Or knowing when to ask for help?
Is it clutched in talons of the oppressor?
Is it living fast and dying young all for a story to tell?
How many should watch over your rotting corpse?
Because in the end all our blood pools black;
The ink of our heart’s quill desperate to get out

#dying #hospice #death #nurse

Jeremy Betts Jan 12

~•§•~ Don't Strike That, Don't Reverse It ~•§•~

I'm not afraid of dying
I'm afraid of the shame from trying

©2024

#im #not #afraid #dying #shame #trying

Zywa Dec 2023

[ My light will go out ]

My light will go out,

it couldn't get any darker --

Here I am. Take me.

Isaac calls his father and Abraham answers: "Hineni" ("Here am I", Genesis 22:6), a quotation from Isaiah 6:8 (the calling of the prophet Isaiah): "And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying 'Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?' Then I said, 'Here am I! Send me.' " On New Year's Day (Rosh Hashanah), believers repeat this answer.

Song "You want it darker" (2016, Leonard Cohen)

Collection "Over"

#death #dying

Ifeanyichuku Okoro II Nov 2023

"A Soldier, Falling" - 11.11.23

If I came to you
Wounded
Wound up
Winded
Weary

Then remember that I couldn't fight what I felt for you anymore.
Why battle beating hearts that besiege my pride?

And

If I fell to my knees

There would be no need to lift me.

You already have when you smiled my way.
Burying a vision of you in my memory.
On my gravesite, blow the pinwheel, so you could send my soul spinning to heaven with every breath you take.

Ifeanyichuku Okoro II © 2023

Firing squad. In the field. You can always take my life.

#love #memory #amatteroftime #dying #battle