Death No Regrets Poems

dying ember
remembers its
slumbering soul...

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Originally Written on February 05, 2024; 12:13 AM
Written for my deceased grandmother: Purification C. Ferrer


In Manila, where work fills my days,
I’d visit for your birthday...

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Are you truly happy
Happy with your choices and life
Do you have regrets
Consuming, running rife

Are you happy with “you”
Do you like the who you are
Or is...

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If I could take it all back
Every wrong ever wrought
Every regrettable thing
Every broken wing

I'd lay it all to rest
In an unmarked plot
Over which I would...

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it seems i’ve been on an endless journey
i grow weary and know the sand is spent
i set my sights on what’s important
and don’t hesitate to...

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As I sat on the couch in the living room,
I began to think about life and how it
goes by in a flash.
And what would I...

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I am so sorry mother
I was consumed by my youth
Maybe I did not love you
Quite as much as you deserved
My life devoured my thoughts
Tomorrow was...

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Regret
by Michael R. Burch

Regret,
a bitter
ache to bear . . .

once starlight
languished
in your hair . . .

a shining there
as brief
as rare.

Regret . . .
a pain
I chose...

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Got the blues, Baby 

I have got the blues, baby
and they just won’t go away
I got them bad 
these god damn blues 
of mine 
I...

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A Vain Word
by Michael R. Burch

Oleanders at dawn preen extravagant whorls
as I read in leaves’ Sanskrit brief moments remaining
till sunset implodes, till the moon strands...

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All hate has escaped from me
like a blue balloon deflated;

not to leave this
world with hate;

regret that I could
not show love

until it was to late....

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Almost every, time I regret a thing,
I've done it's from becoming my worst enemy
Why can I never seem, to step aside
Get out of my own...

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EXPIRATION DATES - 20190122

We’ve all got inspiration dates,
But we can only guess at when.
From first breath ‘til the end,
Our lives were pre-measured by the Fates.

That...

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Oh, Now!  The Words that should have come, too soon
Do fade away and into Paradise!
All that I would have said in that white room,
Is...

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I sit alone in this my filthy cell.
Of past mistakes I still do dwell.
A life I stole, a debt I cannot pay.
I'll not forget till...

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