Final Thoughts

As my family gather around me
I feel their whispers of insecurity
Thoughts of past events racing through my head.
As I lay here dying on my bed
Drifting in and out of disturbed sleep
I hear the sounds of my wife weep
Telling stories of my life events and past 
My childhood memories drifting so fast.
Of happy long summers and never ending winters.
My life breaking up into tiny little splinters
Talks of greed and if I made a will.
The only thoughts are the pockets they can fill
Heated conversation and unsettled voices
I am forgotten about while they they make their own choices
Someone shouts out where are his deeds
My thoughts and sounds now coming in short feeds.
My breathing now slow as I drift into eternal sleep
Family still talking of what they will reap
As I awake into a glorified light
Away and at peace from all of the fight
To an eternal life away from corruption and greed
My pain and suffering now finally freed
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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February 14, 2015 at 12:55 AM
this is a very good poem Andy... :)Have yourself a sweet valentine's Day. ~SKAT LOVE~
Davies Avatar
February 21, 2015 at 5:21 PM
Thank you so much Skat that is very sweet of you
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February 2, 2015 at 12:31 AM
Sadly, this is all too often the case- but at least you get a happy ending. Well put, good verse.
Davies Avatar
February 2, 2015 at 3:46 AM
Hi Viv Thank you so much for your comment. I'm new here and poetry is also new to me but I have embraced it. I just hope it embraces me.
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