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Sunday, July 4, 2010

IF I SHOULD DIE…

For Carry On Tuesday
If I should die, think only this of me

And Monday Poetry Train Revisited


STILL STANDING

The first time I died
Nobody noticed
No tears shed
No flowers
No regrets

The second time round
Only the killer
Was ever aware
And even then
It took ten years

Third time was different
It lasted longer
Missed by the two
People who knew
People who cared

If I should die
For a fourth time
Think only this
It’s not the end
Of me

15 comments:

  1. Ah! Reincarnation! I don't believe in it but it's very much food for thought

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  2. Very challenging! Strange! My hubby and I were just chatting about this very topic this afternoon as we enjoyed a glimpse of sunshine on the waters of Westernport Bay. His thoughts were that we are energy that can never be destroyed. We exist through time round energy sources till it is time to live again!

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  3. Thanks to:
    Rinkly Rimes; It's more about, renaissance than reicarnation, after putting your life into something, only to lose it - and being declared dead in error.
    GT; I guess being able to overcome things and start again is a kind of reincarnation.

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  4. I like the idea of coming back - a chance to do it better?

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  5. Thanks ViV; If at first you don't succeed...

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  6. Not sure I'd want to keep coming back. I'd probably reappear as something I dont like - a lump of marzipan or a stem of sprouts!

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  7. Thanks to:
    Jingle; Good to be here... again.
    Keith; The things you learn from the previous time ensure you always come back stronger.

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  8. I kind of think of this as parts of our life dying but we still go on. I like the hopefulness!

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  9. Thanks Linda; Without hope, we wouldn't survive.

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  10. I knew you had some cat in you...I think a sleek black panther waiting to pounce

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  11. This is a hopeful poem Stan
    Pamela

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  12. Lots of powerful food for thought... hmmmm. I find myself wondering why the third one was different...

    THANK YOU.

    You may read my Carry On Tuesday poem here.

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  13. Well said, Stan. I think I'm working on the 17th life. Reinventing yourself is a good way to look at it.

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  14. Thanks to:
    GSB; Maybe... in another life.
    Pamela; Learning from experience... and mistakes.
    Julie; It involved an exaggeration yhat turned out to be a coma.
    Nara; One good one would do for me, but I know it will take many more.

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