TIME TO DIE
There is a time to live
And there's a time to die,
But which is it now?
Fearing the worst
You lock yourself inside,
Refusing to go outside.
But what if death comes
From without your own home,
For reasons unexpected?
There is a time to panic
And a time to know fear,
For you, that is now!
There is a time to live
But you are too afraid,
So you let life slip by.
There's a time to die
You see death everywhere,
Waiting to claim you.
You sense the reaper lurking
In every shadow,
Outside and in.
Is death calling
Or is it imagination?
There's a time to live!
THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
About this poem
There is a time to live And there's a time to die, But which is it now?
Font size:
Written on June 07, 2021
Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on June 11, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
- 37 sec read
- 2 Views
Quick analysis:
Scheme | Abc xdd xxx xxc Axb bxx exx exa xxx |
---|---|
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 603 |
Words | 121 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
Translation
Find a translation for this poem in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"TIME TO DIE" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 20 Sep. 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem/102435/time-to-die>.
Discuss the poem TIME TO DIE with the community...
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In