Poetry & Art

Death’s Garden

Sometimes, I think about dying…

And I think about a big open field

Although death may be sad,

My thoughts do not yield.

Above me, a blue sky

With altostratus clouds

Surrounding a blazing sun

As if summer is always now.

And I lie in a garden,

I am surrounded in flowers

Nothing man-made in sight,

Not even electrical towers.

There is no shade,

But I can see trees

Hiding a creek and

This scene sounds comfortable to me

To see such pretty pictures

Like violets, hydrangeas, and marigolds

Pussy willows, and calla lillies

Such a sight to behold:

The most beautiful things

Breathing all around me

Taking me in as their own,

And my life coming out of hiding

As I begin to decompose

I hear them whisper

About the rose…

And I think that maybe

I’ll come back

As the rose

The garden lacks

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by Lolly Paige

Tarot reading wordsmith and painter hoping to contribute to changing the world.


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