When Death Takes My Hand
I ask not to be remembered for who I am
Nor the fading echoes of the glitz and glam;
Night draws near for the young and old.
The Judge at hand, a verdict to behold.
Recall a poor man sullied with sin
Weep for the man I could have been.
Pray at the box for the dust within
Though life has left, its pulse echoes on,
On into the light or dark. Here, imprint your mark!
Upon my soul, please never falter,
My greatest hope lies in that Angelic Psalter.
Please may your indulgence never cease
Till the bright day when I rest in peace.
About this poem
I wrote this poem because once I attended a funeral and a thought of death and life's impacts upon the afterlife came into my mind. I couldn't express the feeling in prose so my heart ran with it in the form of poetry.
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Written on January 28, 2022
Submitted by ThomasE on September 18, 2023
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Scheme | AABBCCCDEFFGG |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 540 |
Words | 116 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 13 |
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