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If When We Die (Free verse) by lynnkyle
If when we die we see
the person we most want to see
beckoning to us to join him
I'll see you
If I were to die at this moment
you would be waving at me
your sillhouette in front of a neon sunrise
my heart racing
I'd walk to you knowing you were there
waiting for me
That you had been thinking of me.
That you wanted to be in my company as much
as I wanted to be in yours
Granted you aren't dead yet and
I'm not anywhere close to dying just now
Given my DNA I'll probably live to
a crackly and confused 100 plus years
I'll be leaning back
in an electronic self adjusting rocking chair
watching my shows
well padded in my Depends
I'll close my eyes for a moment
not even realizing
that I am closing them
My heart
still murmuring to the last
will cease beating
my thoughts will drift to that tawdry book
I finished reading months ago
then on to what I want to eat for the dinner
I'll never consume
(fried chicken and mashed potatoes, most likely followed by something
chocolate)
and finally hover over
one of the moments
when we made love
It would make me happy
to have you waiting for me
but I'd be even happier if
behind you but still prettily outlined
were all the other people I've
enjoyed the company of over the years
Of course
I'd want them to make themselves scarce
with discrete throat clearings and
be right backing's
when you reach out
to gently brush my face with your hand
and whisper in my ear
tickling me
to let me know that
you'd waited what seemed like an eternity
for me to arrive
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