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Reflect

August 26, 2016
By HunTerrible SILVER, Parker, Colorado
HunTerrible SILVER, Parker, Colorado
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Favorite Quote:
"Sometimes you have to swim upstream to see the lake the water comes from"
-Hunter Ball


I breathe my last breath,
I say my last words
I look out at the last things I'll ever see,
And I reflect.

My world ends and I say goodbye
To everything I've ever known,
And yet I don't take in everything I see, in my final moments,
But instead, remember everything I have taken in
I reflect.

The constant beeps of the heart monitor are quiet
Compared to my own heart beat
And the voices of the world are merely hums
As I reflect.

Reflecting on every moment,
Every feeling, and every regret.
Like a mathematical equation,
Averaging everything into one
One emotion, one moment,
And one regret.
All of this, I conclude, is one thing
My life.

In its entirety, our lives have one ending
We all avoid it, making excuses
Pretending we have more time
But as we do, do we really live?

One day, I will too lay quietly,
Awaiting my turn as the arms of death carry me
And I won't look back,
I won't resist or scream
Or try to escape
I will stop listening to the world
And close my eyes to all of the beautiful sights
As I reflect.


The author's comments:

This peice really took inspirationof my thoughts on regrets. I had originally wanted to make a poem on regretting things in life, but as I started to write it, it took on a form of reflection in itself, as I thought about what I wanted to do in life and what I regret in life.


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HammadWaseem said...
on Sep. 10 2016 at 8:00 am
HammadWaseem, Lahore, Other
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Favorite Quote:
Be proud of who you are.
-Eminem

You can't see me
-John Cena

Ooh, somebody stop me!
-Mask

Beautiful poem! @roundnround btw will you check and comment on my teen ink video work, named, "The Unbeatable Breakdancer"? :)

Hanban12 ELITE said...
on Sep. 4 2016 at 11:45 pm
Hanban12 ELITE, Lake Worth, Florida
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Favorite Quote:
"If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them."
Henry David Thoreau

"I fell in love the way you fall asleep; slowly, and then all at once."
John Green

I really love the strong images in this poem; you did a great job with them. I especially love the first stanza, since I feel like it transitions into the body of the poem very smoothly. Awesome job with this, keep writing! :)