Memento Mori
Memento Mori
Remembering my own mortality means
Time is too precious to waste
Daily diseases more than I deserve
Rage against my flesh
Ripping inside my blood
Taking away my health
While those who could care
Demand a payment I can’t afford.
The fragility of my temporary home is
Falling apart every second
There is not a moment to lose
The tragedy of trouble
Keeps tearing away
Making me bleed for past sins
Replaying tape loops
I’m forced to throw away.
I remember I must die one day soon
Living is swimming against the waves
One day the ocean overtakes you
Returning you from where you came
I do remember I am spirit
Irrepressible and inspired to live on
A quiet soul inside a shell
Who breathes to sing out loud!
Copyright © 2023 Charles Edward York
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Remembering I may be dying but the will to live is reason to keep going
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Written on August 14, 2023
Submitted by charlesedwardyork on August 14, 2023
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| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 984 |
| Words | 183 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 2 |
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