Living Thoughts of the Dead
Dead men, dead men
What do you see?
Peering up to the world of the living
Seeing the clouds drift and birds fly
But by and by you're eaten by things that are alive.
If you could would you sigh?
And when no one visits do you cry?
Do you get so sad you want to die?
Would you chuckle as you realize;
You're already dead.
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Submitted on February 03, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 309 |
Words | 66 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 10 |
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