"Death Has Come"
By LaLa Leo
@mrscallands22 (2852)
United States
May 3, 2012 8:56pm CST
Oh my, death has crawled upon me...
Ever so suddenly.
I wait for its call.
And yes I'm quite appalled.
Has there been a mistake?
Was the wrong information underneath the paperweight?
This couldn't possibly be true.
Especially when I was as good as you.
Well I guess it's time for me to accept the truth.
And wait for my immoral punishment of rue.
No! Wait, I don't want to go.
I still have so much to live for.
I don't recall ever doing anything bad.
How could you take me and leave my family sad?
No, I won't go unless I'm dragged down in chains!
I don't care, I can endure the pain.
How can you be so heartless and cruel?
Remembering only your one revengeful rule!
My child is very sick,
From the infectious bite of a tick.
But do you care?
No, you are unaware...
Death has come and I shall delay you no more.
Just tell my son he will see me.... before he turns 4...
4 responses
@phoenix35 (384)
• Philippines
5 May 12
Some really great lines here. Spooky, especially with the last line, before he turns 4. I wonder, would you want to haunt him? :D
@mrscallands22 (2852)
• United States
21 May 12
Thanks.. I really wish I could.. but now I stick more to journal writing and diary entries .. sometimes poetry but more written for special occasions such as holidays and birthdays as gifts, not as leisure for myself.
@Noseclams (149)
• United States
4 May 12
So your are dying but you want me to tell your kid that he will die before he turns 4? I shouldn't have read this before going to be. I am gonna have nightmares now!
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@mrscallands22 (2852)
• United States
4 May 12
LOL I hope you don't have any nightmares! lol I am so sorry. It is a bit of dark poetry... I don't even have a son! hahah
Thanks for reading, though!!
@girl_thinking (1959)
• Philippines
15 May 12
Your writing is nice. I assume you read a lot of Poe. :)
@mrscallands22 (2852)
• United States
21 May 12
lol how uncanny that you'd pick up on that! haha yes I do read a lot of Edgar Allan Poe and Stephen King. Also I love the writing styles of Robert Frost and Emily Dickinson.
Thanks for reading and commenting!!
@girl_thinking (1959)
• Philippines
22 May 12
I love Edgar Allan Poe. My favorite is his 'Tell-Tale Heart'! I also like Stephen King and some of my favorites of his are 'Desperation' and 'Bag of Bones' 
@ladyhemingway (965)
• Philippines
13 May 12
This is one of the best dark poetry I have ever read. You write well my friend and I do hope to read more of your works. On print perhaps? Your poetry inspires me to tapped on my creativity again after a long pause from writing. Thank you for sharing this.
@mrscallands22 (2852)
• United States
21 May 12
Thank you so much.. I was amazingly young when I wrote this as an assignment for my Advanced English Lit class in high school. My teacher definitely took us to the depths of literature and once we read/learned a different type, he'd make us try our hand at it and I became quite the word artist. I am happy to have inspired you to write. I'd love to read what you come up with, post here if you can. Happy writing!
Thanks for commenting!!
