Let the Dead Stay Dead

Let the dead stay dead
Look to the living instead
For the promise of everyday 
Is to not waste away

The morning and the day have passed
And now you know they don’t last
So you are stuck in the evening time
Whilst awaiting the long night resting so sublime.

© Paul Warren Poetry
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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