Plunge

We're both aware that I'll be first to go,
but don't think for a minute that I'm done
with life and time.  Although end game's begun
there's too much left, too many things to show
the daughters, sons, the grandchildren, and you.
The few uncurdled dreams we still might grasp
and reach, the promises that will not lapse
expired, without redemption will come true
in what years we have left.  Let's make our plans,
adapt to new realities, accept
the finish of the roller-coaster ride,
dismount regretfully, again to stand
on solid ground, content to know we kept
what fragments tired love and peace provide.

Author's Note

I've been told it won't be for a while, but it will be. So it goes.

Reviews

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~~ i'm very, very sorry to hear that, monsieur jewel... ~~ i cannot begin to express my pain and sadness... ~~ please try your best to take care of yourself... sometimes that really helps... i keep telling my mom to hold on to life...

[Joel M Frye]

I will be doing so, mlle. serah. As I said in the poem, I'm not looking to go gently into that good night.

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~~ thank you for this, monsieur jewel... ~~ you're an amazing person...

[Valentine]

Fragments of tired love? Do you really expect us to believe that? Love and life go on until the very end, I found that out when I lost my husband. Dismount regretfully. As long as there is breath in the body there is life and hope.Valentine