After Night

The steps rise all night.

Away from the world and it's façade.

Where there's a little light left,

 you are born.

At first it's simple.

Live before you die,

 

but there's peril where there's no mistakes.

People, they know how to cry.

Light their cigarettes and bring ashes to funerals.

 

 

 

Reviews

[rohit sapra]

Death and life are two things which are surely interlinked. Mistakes are surely made by humans though learning from our mistakes is the key to live life, I guess.

[lovejulez03]

Great piece and well written! Short and sweet but not lacking at all :) Well done

[Stefon Napier]

Thank you!

[K.S.78]

"People, they know how to cry.
Light their cigarettes and bring ashes to funerals."- Simply brilliant! Very well put. Loved it!

[Leslie Philibert]

Good work,Stefon,the contrast between the very spiritual verse verse, then, wham, the image of the funeral smokers. The first poem I have read from you, keep up the good work.

[John Lauterbach]

"Live before you die" is my favorite line out of this. I also liked the light in the third line and the light at the end with the cigarettes. Kind of a cyclical feeling there with the birth and death.

I dig it.

[Stefon Napier]

Thanks!

[Ravyne Hawke]

I really love this. It has so many wonderful images, especially the last line.. so vivid I can picture it. My only suggestion is to lose the punctuation and let the poem stand without it. I think it would hold up nicely and allow the ideas of the poem to flow without pauses.

[Stefon Napier]

Thanks. I'm going to read it a few times and decide then.

[Rhea752]

wow...just wow. It is amazing. Keep writing!!! :D

[Stefon Napier]

Thanks