Melancholy
1 min
Death
Avni Desai
It feeds on you
Till lifeless bodies are the remains
Born as man was born
Haunting mankind
The scream of hunger
Will never be appeased
As more are born
It leaves you and
It hunts for its next victim
It's in our nightmares
It's in our dreams
It's in our life
And in our sleep
While the sun comes up
It howls in the wind
And when the sun comes down
Its darkness camouflages with the sky
Where do we go after death
What is there after life
Do you awake from a dream
Or stay in strife
Do you go to a new place
Or in a new body
Still, death haunts you
Immortality is not a thing
What did we do to receive this fate
And what can we do to repay for our sins
How can we face what's coming
It comes at every age
How can we vanquish this threat
That binds us in its cage
Roses are a sign of affection
But also a sign of death
Birds chirp to wake us up
But, how can we
If we have eternally slept?
Till lifeless bodies are the remains
Born as man was born
Haunting mankind
The scream of hunger
Will never be appeased
As more are born
It leaves you and
It hunts for its next victim
It's in our nightmares
It's in our dreams
It's in our life
And in our sleep
While the sun comes up
It howls in the wind
And when the sun comes down
Its darkness camouflages with the sky
Where do we go after death
What is there after life
Do you awake from a dream
Or stay in strife
Do you go to a new place
Or in a new body
Still, death haunts you
Immortality is not a thing
What did we do to receive this fate
And what can we do to repay for our sins
How can we face what's coming
It comes at every age
How can we vanquish this threat
That binds us in its cage
Roses are a sign of affection
But also a sign of death
Birds chirp to wake us up
But, how can we
If we have eternally slept?
This poem was written by a Bay Area local for the San Jose Public Library Short Edition collection.
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