Paula Swanson Poet Pantoum

Thought I Understood It So Well

The meaning of life, 
holds no power over me now.
I wait here for death,
slowly losing the will to live.

Holds no power over me now,
the need to outlive my usefulness.
Slowly losing the will to live,
leaving behind an empty shell.

The need to out live my usefulness,
use to be my only intent.
Leaving behind and empty shell,
"Having lived life to the fullest"

Use to be my only intent.
But, I no longer yearn for,
"Having lived my life to the fullest".
It has no meaning to me now.

But I no longer yearn for
my life.  It has been taken away.
It has no meaning to me now.
Thought I understood it so well

My life, it has been taken away.
I wait here for death.
Thought I understood it so well,
the meaning of life.

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Poet Destroyer A August 20, 2010 at 9:43 PM WoW! Paula, enjoyed the way you express life well understood, just with the thought of death.. What a crazy way to understand Life,..p.d.