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Last Days

Last Days



Trembling with trepidation, 
  You count days lived and enjoyed
Hamstrung with anxiety, stock take 
  Time your future has destroyed;
You seem to wait with baited breath
  To evaluate what you achieved
And, find with a lot of chagrin
  That forever you’ll be aggrieved.

Aggrieved for not giving Love
  To Friends, Family and to Self
Aggrieved for not using the chance-
  Now a dusty relic on the shelf!

Adopt elation of a consummate
  Who does Last Days approach
Content with trials and triumphs	
  Brooking no regret or reproach:
Who harboured the right gear	
  To face adverse clime to come
Like a Hunter from the Wild Cold
  Happy to head off for Home!     	


JM

17th Oct’ 2013

Copyright © | Year Posted 2013




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Date: 10/19/2013 4:40:00 PM
It"s good to have someone like you on the Soup, who heals with words all these intimate fears we dare not express so easily as you are doing! I am definitely blessed today !!! All your poems bring hope! Blessings, Hanitra
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Joseph Matose
Date: 10/21/2013 6:28:00 AM
Re-sending failed mail" I might sound like a Doomsday PROPHET...Preparing for the future in every respect is noble. Future of family, our future life after life etc. Thanks for the supporting comment. JM
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Joseph Matose
Date: 10/21/2013 6:23:00 AM
Hanitra my Friend. I didn't want to sound like a Doomsday P
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Voahanitriniaina Rabary-Andriamanday
Date: 10/19/2013 4:45:00 PM
Adding this: There was a man named Joseph Matose / You should see the words he chose / Just to make you fit again: / Go to work and No Complain! (^_^)
Date: 10/19/2013 2:14:00 AM
Marvelous in all respects. The word choice is magnificent and sweeps me along in spite of myself. Thanks for recommending this read. Mark
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Joseph Matose
Date: 10/19/2013 2:29:00 AM
Mark! Thanks for the timely response. I'm glad you enjoyed the poem. Comment much appreciated. Thanks Friend. JM

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