It's not that the world is getting colder
It's just me, getting older
Or that the nights are getting longer
Oh no! , it's just me being alone
It's not that life itself is getting shorter
No, no, no!
It's just me
approaching the bend
and realizing
how near the end!
© 2009 Sonya Florentino
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Again, the courage, and the ability to be so introspective. A great write! Doesn't the title infer that there's only the 'death watch' instead of 'life watch' as well. Your poem alludes to life going on, and there being more. Or perhaps it's a subtle paradox you created to make us think? ;)