After My Last Breath

That old mournful songs they'll for sure sing
as on pyre or in casket lies me cold; 
when my dwelling surcease and then I wing
to the afterlife where life true unfold.

In the jury's bosom will lie the truth:
whether I lived or I merely existed.
Like my life, their take will be rough and smooth;
curse to the injured, boon to the lifted. 

Now is time to impart and make impact;
for to tarry or extinct, my demise
will tell in the hearts of a world apart;
though in the hells or heaven my soul lies.

As bliss bid and hailed me welcome at birth
so or otherwise, after my last breath.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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Gauthier Avatar
February 15, 2021 at 11:38 AM
A pleasure to find your lovely poem published in the 2020 PS Anthology, Emmanuel~
Obeng Yeboah  Avatar
September 13, 2021 at 11:55 AM
I'm glad you found the poem lovely. Thank you Gauthier.
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