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Visit Me Dead

Perhaps you'll visit my grave some day.
You might place flowers
and sit with my vanishing memory
just long enough not to be rude.
Maybe you'll remember a good time
or a bad time that was all your fault
and you'll miss what you had
but so cheaply dismissed,
or you'll curse your cruelty,
the bad time was all your fault.
It would be a giggling tearjerker
if you recounted some long gone oddity,
or poured some cheap coffee,
'Ha ! He hated cheap coffee !'
But if we ever acknowledged the animosity
you might regret it now.
Someone would have to regret it
and it couldn't be me,
I'd be dead under your feet.
And you might still hate me dead
as much as you hated me alive,
and dead as I may be
I may have been angry enough
to even be angry now.
And it might suit us both just fine.
Or maybe I'll be cremated
and scattered at sea,
it'll be less embarrassing for both of us.

12th July 2018

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Eric Ashford

Date: 8/23/2020 10:42:00 AM

Excellent piece Lawrence, it is absurd that we will like the dead more than when they lived, or hate them less than when they were alive! Death at least gives both the dead and the living a pause to let the nonsense go. Very much enjoyed this. Thanks for sharing. e

Lawrence Sharp
Date: 8/24/2020 12:09:00 AM

Thanks for visiting this one, Eric. Keen perceptions.

Susan Ashley

Date: 5/22/2019 8:11:00 PM

I was enraptured by the tangle of emotions expressed in your deep and dark poem, Lawrence. I loved every line, and especially, your last for a fitting finale. Captivating and intriguing poetry. Warmest wishes always, my friend.. ~Susan

Lawrence Sharp
Date: 5/22/2019 11:37:00 PM

Thank you so much, Susan, I'm really pleased that this one has still drawn the eye so long after it was posted. This is one of the pieces that I value most, so visit and comment months later is really appreciated.