Death comes so unawares. And when it does, it throws such light on life. It puts things in perspective.
We are here only for a little while. Let us enjoy it while we can.
And let us focus on all that matters when it comes down to it: love.
When Death Comes- Mary Oliver
When death comes
like the hungry bear in autumn
when death comes and takes all the bright coins from his purse
like the hungry bear in autumn
when death comes and takes all the bright coins from his purse
to buy me, and snaps his
purse shut;
when death comes
like the measle-pox;
when death comes
like the measle-pox;
when death comes
like an iceberg between the shoulder blades,
like an iceberg between the shoulder blades,
I want to step through the
door full of curiosity, wondering;
what is it going to be like, that cottage of darkness?
what is it going to be like, that cottage of darkness?
And therefore I look upon
everything
as a brotherhood and a sisterhood,
and I look upon time as no more than an idea,
and I consider eternity as another possibility,
as a brotherhood and a sisterhood,
and I look upon time as no more than an idea,
and I consider eternity as another possibility,
and I think of each life as
a flower, as common
as a field daisy, and as singular,
as a field daisy, and as singular,
and each name a comfortable
music in the mouth
tending as all music does, toward silence,
tending as all music does, toward silence,
and each body a lion of
courage, and something
precious to the earth.
precious to the earth.
When it's over, I want to
say: all my life
I was a bride married to amazement.
I was a bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.
I was a bride married to amazement.
I was a bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.
When it's over, I don't want
to wonder
if I have made of my life something particular, and real.
I don't want to find myself sighing and frightened
or full of argument.
if I have made of my life something particular, and real.
I don't want to find myself sighing and frightened
or full of argument.
I don't want to end up
simply having visited this world.
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