If tomorrow starts without me
An existential poem for Kayleigh Fraser’s challenge
“If tomorrow starts without me”
Is not a question.
The true question is,
“When that tomorrow comes?”
When I am no more
The earth will still stand
The flowers will bloom
Life will come to no end.
The rivers will run
When I am no more
The moon will still glow
Once sets down the sun.
The birds will still sing
While the animals roar
When I am no more
When I am no thing.
The squirrel will stash
And the eagle will soar
When I burn into ash
When I am no more.
I am only a speck,
just stardust in all things
The Universe couldn’t care less for my feelings.
P.S. This is a revised version of my earlier poem, my first ever attempt at (somewhat) rhyming poetry, for Kayleigh’s challenge below. The magnolia painting is my own work in progress as well. I’d like to think that when it’s my time I’d float away on the bed of magnolia flowers.
About the Creator
Lana V Lynx
Avid reader and occasional writer of satire and short fiction. For my own sanity and security, I write under a pen name. My books: Moscow Calling - 2017 and President & Psychiatrist
@lanalynx.bsky.social
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