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[aid] => mick
[title] => WHEN I AM GONE
[time] => 2011-10-19 20:52:16
[hometext] => In all the dark poetry I write, I am drawing on my experiences as a Law Enforcement Officer and receiving ideas from what others have actually said to me over the years! I am a happy go lucky guy who just tries to convey the anguish of others in verse
[bodytext] => What will they say when I am gone? Have I made a difference to anyone? Did I bring some joy or only strife? Was I just a wasted most pitiful life? How shall I be thought of when I’m gone? If my name is mentioned, will it be ho-hum? Will my epitaph come from someone else, Or should I quickly write it all myself? For if it is left up to me, It won’t get written at all you see. I am like a stump that is ground down. From a rotten tree or forgotten clown. I many times tried to slip away, In immeasurable pain, I decide to stay. My friends come by every now and then, But I turn around and they’re gone again. Most family never comes my way, I am not in the loop and I’m there to stay! Now when I’m gone there will be relief. But there will be no sighs, there will be no grief! Yes I made no difference in anyone’s life. And I did cause more than my share of strife! When I am gone what will they say? It will be no different than it is today! By: Robert Edgar Burns Category: Dark Humorous Poetry [comments] => 1 [counter] => 128 [topic] => 13 [informant] => robert_edgar_burns [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => DarkPoetry )
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