Ask
me those questions
I
have heard over and over
And
let me think again
Of
what to say
Go
on and laugh out loud
At
my childish confusion
And
let me sigh again
From
self-pity
Turn
all the way round
Yes.
Exactly, just like that
And
let me look again
At
what I missed
The
early bird sings a different song
This
morning
The
lone bat has overslept
And
The
night languishes away without him
I
waste away where I sit
My
pet dog
Licks
greedily at my wounds
Vampires
lurk in corners
Their
eyes planted on the vein
That
runs down my neck
As
its fevered rhythm
Slows
Hyenas
salivate over
The
tell-tale smell of carrion-
Their
long-awaited
Corpse
Now
in the silence of darkness
A
tired voice sings
In
bitter-sweet notes
The
Last Song –
A
dirge to welcome
Sweet
Sweet
Death
Hannah, is 'death' the persona's last hope? if so, what a gloomy and shrouded hope it is! i believe hope is invariably positive so that what is negative finds itself beyond its confines...And, even though there is some sweetness in death(the probable handiwork of hope for people who crave for it), i think this kind of hope a drawing on the sands of the coastline, washed away by the angry waves of the purpled main(the sea)
ReplyDeleteThe image of hope written in the sands at the shore, where obviously the waves will come wipe away, is a sign of the persona's very last hope being swept away.
ReplyDeleteThis poem, I choose to call bitter-sweet because I was in that state when I wrote it.
I imagined one on her sick bed, very much aware death is near, but not afraid of it.
Death, especially for a good Christian, is a good thing.
The persona has suffered on this physical earth and even his deteriorating state is amusing to some others, however he points out to them that although hope of living a fair life is gone, he welcomes death which will end all his pain. It is a saddening path to joy but the end is most important here...'joy'.
Thanks for stopping by ;-)
I believe there's a deeper meaning to this poem (not only about a dying person). I've read through it several times, but I'm still not sure what the deeper meaning is. Anyway, my guess is, it is about mother Africa. please, if I'm wrong, correct and enlighten me. Its a great piece.
ReplyDeleteLol, as if you don't know already.
ReplyDeleteThat's why i chose to perform it with that song. ;-)
aaah ok...
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