POETRY

Express the mess to release the stress! Writing to, from, and about the parts within.

Poetry, A Requiem Zachary Phillips Poetry, A Requiem Zachary Phillips

Running

 

I’ve been running
For so long
That I’ve forgotten
What scared me
In the first place


 
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Poetry, A Requiem Zachary Phillips Poetry, A Requiem Zachary Phillips

Lost To Time

 

Anguish dissipates
At the sight
Of my young son’s smile
Despite knowing
That he too
Will be forgotten
Lost to time
Almost as soon as I am
Yet here and now
There is joy
A small light
Illuminating the crushing darkness


 
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Poetry, A Requiem Zachary Phillips Poetry, A Requiem Zachary Phillips

If I Were

 

If I were
To let go of my pain
Who would mourn
The future
I was never able
To have?


 
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Poetry, A Requiem, wage slave Zachary Phillips Poetry, A Requiem, wage slave Zachary Phillips

Forgotten

Eventually
The day will come
When
You are thought of
For the last time

When
All evidence
Of your existence
Has vanished

When
Even your descendants
Have forgotten
Your name

When
Every atom
Of your body
Has been recycled

Then
All that will persist
Of you
Will be the subtle impact
Of your brief touch
Upon the collective consciousness
Of humanity

 

Eventually
The day will come
When
You are thought of
For the last time

When
All evidence
Of your existence
Has vanished

When
Even your descendants
Have forgotten
Your name

When
Every atom
Of your body
Has been recycled

Then
All that will persist
Of you
Will be the subtle impact
Of your brief touch
Upon the collective consciousness
Of humanity


 
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