Trust me when I say words die too
The poems crumble, the stories get lost,
The myths forgotten, the books thrown out
At to us for all this such a great cost
Where will we be when our words die?
We will forget, and have to start from anew
Children will not be able to learn
Because all knowledge is lost, too
When the ink spills, and printer jams
And when the paper rips, and the pen breaks
And all of our wonderful words are lost
What can we do to avoid the heart aches?
Trust me when I say words die too
How can something so important to us
Be written on paper that can rip and tear
Or on a computer that can’t promise success?
Time itself erases our precious words too
Fiddling with our memory of spoken words
And smudging the inscriptions on the walls
And cutting the binding cords
Trust me when I say words die too
I say, when the words die, we die
Because we won’t remember how to do things
And trust me; all we will be able to do is cry
Author notes
im probably rambling again...so you should probably ignore this. its my frist written poem for a while...
<3Dragon
Written March 21st, 2006
A contest entry
- Can you do it? by Shancy Fayre.
300 points, ended March 27, 2006, 21 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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Not bad. Quite enjoyed this.
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simply amazing
amazing and even though you said you havent written in a while this truly looks like the work of a true poet in my eyes.
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Wow. I am speechless. This is so true. Eventually all words will die. All books destroyed. I love it!
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Interesting
This was great even if you haven't written a poem for a while. Trust me is a wonderful lead in. Good luck in the contest. -
This is an idea that had not come to mind. It is fresh. Thank you for entering. Shancy.
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