Goodbye

Sarah Brower 1995 (New Jersey)

If I die today
a drop of rain won’t fall
yellow grass won’t be nursed to health
ice won’t melt on the rooftops

If I die today
sun will rise
and sun will set
flowers will bloom
flowers will die

If I die today
mankind still walks the ground
no less happy
no less sad

If I die today
the earth wont stop
it won’t spin backwards
if I die today
time lives for eternity

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Scheme	Axxx Axxxx Axbx AxxAb
Closest metre	Iambic trimeter
Characters	373
Words	78
Stanzas	4
Stanza Lengths	4, 5, 4, 5

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Sarah Brower

I love to express myself through poetry. I can’t force inspiration so I only write when I feel moved. Authenticity is important to me!! If I can make anyone feel heard and understood, Then my goal is accomplished. more…

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It seems that the real situation is not clear in this. Is it bad or good for that person not to die today? The language on that is not so obvious. It reads as if it stops between the two.
It is not easy to see what kind of take the poem wants us to take: pessimism or optimism; hope or despair. This is not obviously stated in the lines of the poem. It is a poem that has no sure or clear understanding of the meaning involved. more »
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