The day I died
I hadn’t a clue,
I would have told you
If only I knew.
It was a week day
That is for sure,
Sunday to Saturday:
There are no more.
I was alive
Before I died,
That particular fact
Cannot be denied.
This very poem
Was written before,
Surely not after
Need I say more?
That’s all I can say
What did you expect,
Clearly at this time
I have not died yet.
Morbid, you’d say
I would say not,
I am still alive
And like life a lot.
The day I died
Is a coming event,
And while I know it
Death I resent.
I fear it a little
But not like before
So, before I finish
Here’s one more.
This is to be read
Only after I die
But you read it already
Good bye!
The day I died
I hadn’t a clue,
I would have told you
If only I knew.
Stewart Russell © July 5, 2021
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