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When I Am No More

An existential poem

By Lana V LynxPublished 2 years ago • Updated 2 years ago • 1 min read
My painting of magnolia in a frame I refurbished

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 was my first ever attempt at (somewhat) rhyming poetry. The magnolia painting is my own as well. I’d like to think that when it’s my time I’d float away on the bed of magnolia flowers.

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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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    Written by Lana V Lynx