I was not a shape but shaped by society
I was not a colour but coloured by life,
I was not a number but among those that counted
I was loved for all that I came to be,
I loved with a passion deeper than this grave
I loved those near and those I could not see,
I loved people,the planet, music, poetry,
I am now on the final phase of my journey
I have gone to meet my friends and family
Gone before me, and will wait for you to join me,
Only make memories that you want to make,
Don't decieve, negate or create cause for sorrow,
Memories, memories are all we may leave,
Live, love and laugh along the way,
Life is a gift to unwrap anew each and every day.
Author notes
" Once"
A contest entry
- 180th Contest by Tarja.
400 points, ended January 28, 2008, 25 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
constructive comments welcome
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Sad & Beautiful!!!
Made me contemplate my own life & what I'd like my epitaph to say. 'BUGGER!!!' springs to mind at the mo (sorry!).
Great sentiment & a lesson to be learned from this well crafted, well written & contemplative piece...
Another great & faultless write...
Well done!!!
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i wish i had some shekels to spend in the first place but alas, this pauper life computer says no.
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you must be rich to be able to afford a headstone that will fit all that on
mine will be - mourn not, for death is but a simple state - of not being alive.
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Ahhh, but northerners are canny, they spend their shekels whilst living and Southerners ahhh, we spend our shekels on dying and are frugal whilst living,one is a monument to memory and the other, a testament to verbocity
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I love this.
This is probably my favorite of your poems of all time!
I am astonished
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That is a whole lot to carve into a stone, you'd need a pretty large grave for this... if you don't mind me asking what is it about this that makes it so special to you? Thanks for entering... it's very lovely.
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Thankyou. Indeed it's a lengthy piece but a lot of things within it are important to me. The references to shapes,colour and society are all aspects of the equality I would like for all. The references to music,people and poetry are important for me as am passionate about them.To include my belief that there is an afterlife and that we are all on a journey, some go first and then follow and meet again and last but not least I added a nugget of advice so that anyone reading that didn't know me and recognize me by my epitaph may hopefully read it and be prompted to think about the memories they want to make and also those which they leave others with...
If only I could compartmentalize, summarize or write Haiku, but I am a rambler and it will be my last impression which I hope leaves an impression of me.But with a Headstone large enough for this I would need planning permission for a monument lol .
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wow - an amazing composition... worded in an incredible, eloquent, and affective way - deeply touhching
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Excellent
good luck in the contest...
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and what a Epitaph at that...
great write
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