Surviving Death Poem by Richard Wlodarski

Certainly this was the case with my near-death experience! Re: Kerouac, in spite of his early death, he continually survived for the very reasons you mention!

The ambiguity in my poem is quite intentional. Kerouac did most of his writing at night and was quite dead by end of night. He had witnessed his brother dying at the age of nine, and throughout his own life, he had become obsessed with death. Specifically, if his soul would be reunited with Gerard.

Thank you very much for your positive constructive criticism, Tamara! I have been striving for succinctness with this series because they are being transformed into books (2 thus far on Amazon & 2 more to go) .