if sleep is death being shy
when you sleep it's like you never cried,
breathing soft and steady, wet cheeks dried.
when you sleep it's like you never lost,
boundaries weren't broken and lines weren't crossed.
when you sleep it's like you're still there,
and you still smile and you still care.
when you sleep you look young as i,
no crease in your brow and no old worn sigh.
and so if sleep is death just being shy,
is it still so wrong,
to wish
to die?
About this poem
The poet is trying to describe how death is merely an event of nature and human emotions don't usually matter in the bigger picture, we are just a part of the great trail of nature.
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Written on January 11, 2020
Submitted by abhishek_c on March 10, 2022
Modified on March 11, 2023
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| Scheme | A A B B C C D D D X |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 448 |
| Words | 111 |
| Stanzas | 10 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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