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Last Words

Before your flesh melts away Before your eyes lose their sight Before your lips stop moving Before your last breath of life Take in your last morning sunrise Feel your last warm embrace Hear your last sweet melody Smell your last flower bouquet Taste now, your final meal, partake Before you are taken away, post haste To face your death, you won't escape The executioner's hand of fate. Written on 7/1/3015

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Robert Lindley

Date: 8/5/2015 7:50:00 PM

Lovely, promising but then dark at the end.. I like that, a smooth transition, superb writing my friend. A7

Kelly Crenshaw

Date: 7/10/2015 9:42:00 PM

Beautiful and suddenly foreboding. Then sobering. A soft kiss followed by slap ending with a left hook. The soft kiss was memorable. Lol. I really liked thisun

Laura Leiser
Date: 7/10/2015 10:37:00 PM

Thank you, Kelly, for stopping by and reading my poem. I'm glad you were intrigued by it.

Peter Lewis Holmes

Date: 7/6/2015 5:41:00 PM

I enjoyed the way you have structured this poem...it pricked my emotions... I would take out the final line though...no need to state the obvious..."prose explains, poetry states"...nice write Laura and thanks for the comment ...Peter.

Alexis Y.

Date: 7/1/2015 5:02:00 AM

Laura, this is a well written piece. This thought provking write held my attention from the beginning until end.Excellent job:-) Alexis

Laura Leiser
Date: 7/1/2015 11:47:00 AM

Thank you, Alexis! I really appreciate that you were drawn into the poem, as I was hoping to create that effect.

Afolabi Muideen

Date: 7/1/2015 3:36:00 AM

Powerful well written Laura,it is extremely fascinating I like its first stanza and the last three lines, it expressed a lot and excellent write for this insight penned...........A.M.

Laura Leiser
Date: 7/1/2015 11:45:00 AM

Thank you, Afolabi. I wanted to repeat words throughout the poem for emphasis, and I'm glad you liked it!