If I Were Immortal
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If I were immortal,
What would life look like to me?
Would I be at peace with
Knowing my soul would never part from my flesh?
When I've done all there is
To do in this world,
When I have
Nothing more to give,
Would the earth be my suffocating cage
And I a bird forever trapped inside it?
How terrifying would life be, if at all?
Would I wear my immortality
Like a badge of honor? Would I feel powerful?
Would I ever tire of it
Physically, mentally,
And psychologically?
Do I eventually long to escape life
So desperately
That I bargain with God
To turn me into a mortal being?
Given the absolute certainty
That all living things
Ineluctably die;
Loss of loved ones and close friends,
Departing to the afterlife
While I'm trapped
On earth in perpetuity.
How unbearable
The unceasing loneliness?
Only God knows.
If I were immortal
And he scoffs at my ardent pleas
To become mortal,
I'd permanently become, I guess,
A local caped superhero?
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Date written: 04/23/2022
Copyright © Edward Ibeh | Year Posted 2022
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