Wednesday, May 14, 2014

What Lingers



WHAT LINGERS



What lingers

When all is said --

Not words or even breath --

When all is done --

Tools in the shed,
Crusted Gloves 
Drying on the shelf --

Creation, dying cell by cell.
Even pruning
Asks too much,

When all is said.

When all is done --

This shell.

4 comments:

  1. Karen shame to waste the shell, why let it linger, useless in the dirt or as ash? No I will give it away and some student will mark the times of my life by the scars roped upon it.

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  2. The earth shall go on. The question is if we humans will. A very poignant poem.

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  3. How touching. I liked this poem with all its sadness.

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  4. Sad. Which is good, you made me feel.

    I enjoyed your poems after this one.

    Thanks for stopping by to visit me.

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