Caren Krutsinger Poet Free verse

The Optimistic Hopeful Death Dance

I sidestep the issue, not wanting to speak of it
With one who does not remember 
Going through it innumerable times.
An ending? No. A beginning….

Perpetually and forever.
The cyclical dance of death.
She wants to speak of tombs and stones.
I laugh at her ignorance.
Remembering many reincarnations.

The death dance 
So optimistic and hopeful.
The ultimate fairness.
New beginnings, with parents and
Dreams starting up in a fresh new way.

I sidestep her absoluteness, 
realizing she does not remember.
Thus she cannot understand, and I
cannot abide the gloom and finality
she insists upon espousing.

Written 3-1-2019
Contest:  The Death Dance                        Sponsor: Chantelle Anne Cooke

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Michelle Faulkner March 1, 2019 at 6:43 PM 'remembering many reincarnations' - that line zings, I like how you see it as a beginning! Caren Krutsinger March 1, 2019 at 10:02 PM I always see death as this way, as I have had three NDEs, and I always have a feeling of sorrow when I realize I am invincible once again.