Death is not a shadow
Death is not a shadow, it is a black hole
and you are not a life
you are a star
around you orbit multitudes
and around them orbit satellites
whose movements can be measured to the meter
on distant shores a cosmos away
And when the blackness envelopes you
and your orbs are flung into the dark
it is not one death but countless
rippling through the boundless fabric of space
to be mourned for eternity.
About this poem
my coworker passed quite suddenly
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Written on January 28, 2024
Submitted by lbj137 on January 28, 2024
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 402 |
Words | 77 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
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