Mark R Slaughter (1957)
Her Bliss
Death is in the flower's heart –
Why to cry for life of any petal?
Death in purple ink of weary pens
Betrays the written yearnings
On her scented paper.
Death is laughing in her cry;
Her broken heart forlorn upon the sleeve.
Death ignores the plight of any purity –
He doesn’t care or seem to be aware of
What her dewy eye desires,
For Death beckoned:
'Embrace the jar! '
And yes, she did –
For Death, of course.
After all, no other man would
Open up her hand and bid her with a kiss,
So Death became her bliss.
Copyright © Mark R Slaughter 2009
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i can see where this would be about suicide and i can also see how its about death. i see her want to be free through suicide but also how death is like a lover to her. very creative and touching i love it.
it is cool.but i wonder its about death not suicide Mark.
GREAT! im so shocked by this poem. i never knew other people felt this way 2! thanks 4 this :)
Interesting... I like it!
nice poem, sad and creative......
What a lovely, complex pearl of a poem.