Thursday, April 16, 2020

Poetry Challenge Day 16: The Last (blank)

The Last

I am not ready
    No, not ready
For the last
    Of anything

They say that heaven is the most wonderful place
But I don’t know how
    It can compare
To late night movies and popcorn
To listening to my children laugh 
Or a deep kiss from my wife 
    Before we enter our home

Will I have headphones in heaven
    To turn up that song
        So I can dance as I wash dishes
Will I have a desk
    pens and notebooks
    When the muse strikes me on fire

Can I feel the cold pierce my skin
Can I cry when my heart cracks 
    Little pieces in my hands
        Knowing time is not enough to put them back

I know that the day will come
That there will be a last time I brush my teeth
That there will be a last time I read a book
    A last time I breathe

but,

I am not ready
    No, not ready
For the last
    Of anything
            Here on earth

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