A Good Place to Die

I roar my last roar

My throat burns from ash

My brothers and sisters are dying

And my prey no longer tastes the same

There’s no glory in this

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Now the sun has fallen.

The bright flash signalled the end.

Every day, a new friend falls.

This is the end; I know it.

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There are tears in their blood.

They plead for a swift death; nobody wants to suffer

I am the master of death. It is my duty

But this is too much to bear

No one should die alone, but alone, I must be

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I am the last one left.

That is my responsibility.

I am ready for what comes next

I have found my spot to die

Somewhere, I can live forever

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I hope one day I am found

So that our time is not forgotten

For I am the ruler of this time, and heavy wears the crown

My subjects did me proud

It was an honour to serve them

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I lived as long as I could for my children

Now, I die for their memory to last forever

They will call me Tyrannosaurus

I’ll be forever miss-understood

But that is my burden to carry

For life without death is a death without end

*This picture is of Montana. The first fossil of a Tyrannosaurus Rex was discovered in 1902 in Hell Creek, Montana, by renowned fossil hunter Barnum Brown.

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