DO YOU KNOW OF DEATH - A POEM

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DO YOU KNOW OF DEATH

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Do you know of love,
The hunger and thirst,
The weak knees and the fear,
Especially the fear?

Do you know of eyes
Kissing eyes, whispering
Of longing, of need and of fear,
Of leaving, of losing, of failing?

Do you know of loneliness,
Of silent rooms, cold and rumpled sheets,
Wet pillow cases warm with wet cheeks,
Memories lingering on pale walls
Like ghosts, refusing to go home?

Do you know of pain,
Rejected emotions spilling
Through numb fingers,
Failing through tears and silent hopes;
A door swinging, a phone call, a picture,
The empty hearth?

Well, I am a broken poet.
You expect songs that will
Hold you and twirl
But all you get is a dirge;
Do you know of death?

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