An Ode To Life
Just Once
An Ode To Life
© By Amritpan Kaur
It's a dark winter day
The gloom has come to stay
A mute longing hangs in the air
Drowning all else in its lair
The grass doesn't seem to grow
The wind doesn't think to blow
The sky never passes blue
It's silent through and through
As I stand here looking out
Can't recall what life is about
What it had been, is, and going to be
I've locked myself in, thrown out the key
I know what they'll say when I'm no more
When my body washes up onto the shore
When there's nothing left but a memory
Old pictures and a diary
They'll blame my family, my friends
The police will come up with dead ends
And then they'll say that I went insane
And forget me, forget my name
Come to my funeral but don't cry for me
Tears won't bring me back, can't you see?
I know life is an adventure, live it all the way
But you can't stop me, there's nothing to say
The waves thunder seventy feet below
Too late to turn back, time for the show
Too late to turn back and live life again
Farewell to life, farewell my friend