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I failed to kill death

A dream that foretold too much

By 竜鶴Published 10 months ago 1 min read
I failed to kill death
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A dream was how it all began

To killeth death, I must be mad

Lost in Dreamscapes, weapon a key

It was no use in the end, you see?

Death, my first love of them all

Just of recent made a call

Came and took my brother high

This family long caught his eye

Often he was there before

As if we didn’t lock a door

leading to the other land

Keeping unluck straight at hand

But this time now it struck me more

never had he been so close

Feeling haunted now I lay

cold as ice and mind astray

Beloved death, you left your touch

I feel your hand, no fear as such

My longing for you never left

But now you left me here bereft

I will carry on my time

Not yet is your visit mine

Carry whom you took from us

To a place of rest and laughs

Still your shadow stays with me

A sign that one day I too will be free

A dream was how it all began

to killeth death, I must be mad

sad poetry

About the Creator

竜鶴

Just a lonely person who writes out feelings, thoughts and dreams to get them out. Could talking ever suffice for a poetic mind?

Maybe others find themselves in similar thoughts. To you I reach out.

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