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The diversity of all that lives~

in one truth will eventually share

And the life led in denial of this~

will simply come to that truth unprepared...

It is not of the, "there-after", I speak~

as in religions promises & threats

Nor the oblivion replaced heaven~

on which the atheists have placed their bets...

What it is of, I wish to speak~

lies where any of these by life is met

The single & absolute moment~

in which the meeting of both sides is set...

Contrasting extremes are used to provide~

a basic tool for definable ease

When one is known & the other abstract~

Most of us pick & choose as we please...

But when it comes to the design of death~

it would seem the majority agrees

That this eventuality is somehow made wrong~

when by ones own hand instead of disease...

The, "good book" claims it a most sinful thing~

one that leaves any hope of grace behind

And our judicial system has decreed~

liability is attached & thus fined...

Even loved ones cry about selfishness~

as if their own hasn't made them so blind

It's more than enough for this thirtysomething~

to go get my, "pull the plug" papers signed...

I truely hope my opinion causes no offense, as it was never intended to...it's just that these were things I had to contemplate this year past, because of my own health issues.

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Deaths Design

Contributed by MisfitMe on Sunday, 10th December 2006 @ 06:33:12 PM in AEST
Topic: Suicide

The diversity of all that lives~

in one truth will eventually share

And the life led in denial of this~

will simply come to that truth unprepared...

It is not of the, "there-after", I speak~

as in religions promises & threats

Nor the oblivion replaced heaven~

on which the atheists have placed their bets...

What it is of, I wish to speak~

lies where any of these by life is met

The single & absolute moment~

in which the meeting of both sides is set...

Contrasting extremes are used to provide~

a basic tool for definable ease

When one is known & the other abstract~

Most of us pick & choose as we please...

But when it comes to the design of death~

it would seem the majority agrees

That this eventuality is somehow made wrong~

when by ones own hand instead of disease...

The, "good book" claims it a most sinful thing~

one that leaves any hope of grace behind

And our judicial system has decreed~

liability is attached & thus fined...

Even loved ones cry about selfishness~

as if their own hasn't made them so blind

It's more than enough for this thirtysomething~

to go get my, "pull the plug" papers signed...

I truely hope my opinion causes no offense, as it was never intended to...it's just that these were things I had to contemplate this year past, because of my own health issues.

Copyright © MisfitMe ... [ 2006-12-10 18:33:12]
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Re: Deaths Design (User Rating: 1 )
by Kirby on Sunday, 10th December 2006 @ 08:17:23 PM AEST
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Pretty good poem. I was not offended at all. I belive everyone has their own right to choose how they die. Or how they think about it or not.

I did enjoy reading this poem. I've thought about things like this before too. For many reasons, medical or not. Everyone thinks about it some point in time in their life.

Keep writing, I enjoy reading your poetry.
Kirby

Re: Deaths Design (User Rating: 1 )
by yangdantien on Sunday, 10th December 2006 @ 11:25:14 PM AEST
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Well done painful read and the last stanza a dilemna, often a sublect in medical dramas the DNR:

"...Even loved ones cry about selfishness~

as if their own hasn't made them so blind

It's more than enough for this thirtysomething~

to go get my, "pull the plug" papers signed..."

You bring the heart and human voice to a tough subject.

Glad Your Here
AJ

Re: Deaths Design (User Rating: 1 )
by emystar on Monday, 11th December 2006 @ 05:43:53 AM AEST
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Very sad but well written.
I can certainly understand the thoughts-n-feelings.
luv, big huggs, prayer, hope,
emy

Re: Deaths Design (User Rating: 1 )
by Former_Member on Monday, 11th December 2006 @ 11:14:47 AM AEST
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My first read of your work leaves me very impressed. I had a blind cowboy friend, "Tiny" Carter, whose quality of life was such that my personal and very well received visits to read my poetry to him were one of his final qualities of living. He was a prominent land owner and a well respected cowboy in these parts and his ending days of aging were of a very dependent and vulnerable state. He hung himself with a hangman's noose off a chair in his home in the dignity of solitude and they called it the "crazy" way of a cowboy. I didn't think him crazy at all! This work of yours is a very sensitive and coherent piece of art. Very good.

wabl
KenMoore
cowboy

Re: Deaths Design (User Rating: 1 )
by Eternal_Dreamer on Monday, 11th December 2006 @ 10:45:40 PM AEST
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Sue *hugs* Kerry tight~ Glad we have you here with us hun. A touchy subject that you have brought to light through the magic of your pen. I think everybody thinks of these sorts of things sometime during their lifetime.
A very sad, but very well ascribed write.
I'm only a pm away my dear friend when ever
you need me.
love, hugs n prayers,
sue m

Re: Deaths Design (User Rating: 1 )
by metalguitarist on Monday, 1st January 2007 @ 08:51:47 PM AEST
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this is a great write its sumthin tht crosses my mind all the time and its not good but if u havent noticed lik all my poems so far r all sad and stuff

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