Final Vows

Power
Over life
Gives
Power
Over death

One
Dictates
The other
In joy
And regret

Each
Beginning
And ending
Brings
More of the same

Our 
Destiny
Married
To both
—in refrain

(The New Room: January, 2024)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2024

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Greenhough Avatar
January 3, 2024 at 7:46 PM
Thank you for this poem. Just as in life, the poem strongly paints the finality that occurs.
Behm Avatar
January 3, 2024 at 8:16 PM
Thanks again, Hilda
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