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In a World without Me

Impossible, I say God would have no one to toy with To play with To challenge His ways If I’m never here Who would question His authority Inspire the masses To turn the other cheek And hand out free passes Nothing would change Nothing at all It would all be the same Just a little less sane Just a little less music in the air Just a little less of me anywhere From my point of view I’d be in just a little less pain A little less poetry full of bane would be written A little less song would be sung and be smitten A few less flutes will have been made A few less new words would be created Someone’s Grandma will have to cross the street alone My cat would miss me No one will be cursing my name Or be any less off without me in the game No, nothing would change Nothing at all I’m just not that important Not at all Ultimately, I kinda like it that way

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Date: 9/11/2024 2:11:00 AM
I think I agree with Crystol :) Aside from the idealism of an encounter with a divine presence, I think we all question our importance or significance and I love how you capture that! Personally, I am learning, that the things that seem the most important are probably not and the small, sometimes seemingly insignificant, things are the most important of all. I can live with that. Blessings S:) x
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Date: 9/9/2024 12:14:00 PM
I think you need a run in with Clarence the angel from" Its A Wonderful Life"... to see just how poor the world would be with out the richness of you! Still, this is a heartfelt and thoughtful poem will written and witty/clever..xoxo
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Benjamin Bartley
Date: 9/9/2024 6:50:00 PM
Thank you, Crystol.
Date: 9/7/2024 8:09:00 AM
Congratulations on your placement in the contest..
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Benjamin Bartley
Date: 9/9/2024 6:50:00 PM
Thank you, Silent One. Thank you, I accept the grammy with honors.
Date: 9/1/2024 3:01:00 PM
Love the tone and playfulness of this poem. Well crafted!
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Benjamin Bartley
Date: 9/1/2024 8:22:00 PM
Thank you, Matt.
Date: 8/27/2024 8:31:00 PM
Benjamin, I love this ! Your humor, candor, dry wit and creative perspective of standing outside and looking in are admirable ! Susan :)
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Benjamin Bartley
Date: 8/31/2024 11:28:00 PM
Thank you, Susan
Date: 8/27/2024 6:42:00 PM
Nicely written. Do you plate flute?
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David Crandall
Date: 8/27/2024 9:58:00 PM
Cool, I love flute music, though I don't know much about it other than I like it, like I do all kinds of music. I'm not the right guy to talk about HTML (if I remember right, it stands for Hypertext Markup Language - which means next to nothing). I think it's a formatting language for web pages. Well, you wouldn't catch me using HTML - except maybe in the privacy of my home.
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Benjamin Bartley
Date: 8/27/2024 9:38:00 PM
I've been playing flute for more than half my life. And when I lost my first friend given flute to a bench in a Chinese restaurant, I made it my lifelong wish to replace it by trying to replicate it. It was a beautiful fife. I love the way bamboo is naturally twisted to become a wind instrument in the right hands. Hey, I got a question, What is HTML and why is it not allowed? I'm so behind the times.
Date: 8/27/2024 3:12:00 PM
I love the tone and flow! Your piece has great personality!!
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Date: 8/27/2024 6:25:00 AM
A great introspective write. Well done.
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Benjamin Bartley
Date: 8/27/2024 1:34:00 PM
Thank you for your comment and I love reading your poetry too.
Date: 8/27/2024 4:55:00 AM
Hello Benjamin, What a delightful read and yes, maybe it is better to not be that important so we do not become targets. Lots of metaphysical thoughts and contemplations, which always peak my interest. Great Job! - Blessings, My Friend, Daniel
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Date: 8/26/2024 4:22:00 PM
I love your poetry! Welcome.
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Benjamin Bartley
Date: 8/26/2024 5:30:00 PM
Thank you.

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