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Anniversary
Every year, it comes
unbeknownst
that quiet hour of passing
that date awaiting etching to
marble memory
and I
oblivious to finality
marching, marching, marching,
my matters to attend
I do not bend
to notice
nor pause consideration
to the end
This graceful anniversary
shall come reversed
no wine
no candles
and unrehearsed
unbeknownst
that quiet hour of passing
that date awaiting etching to
marble memory
and I
oblivious to finality
marching, marching, marching,
my matters to attend
I do not bend
to notice
nor pause consideration
to the end
This graceful anniversary
shall come reversed
no wine
no candles
and unrehearsed
Published 26th Apr 2024
Author's Note
"Because I could not stop for death - He kindly stopped for me."
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson
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26th Apr 2024 6:49am
26th Apr 2024 11:07pm
26th Apr 2024 6:54am
26th Apr 2024 11:12pm
Anniversary of my death.
It's like this... every year you live through the day on the calendar that you will eventually die in years to come. You don't know that date or that time, yet it passes you each year until, at last, you reach the moment it finally happens.
So, the poem is really about an anniversary that is not yet known but is certain to come.
It's like this... every year you live through the day on the calendar that you will eventually die in years to come. You don't know that date or that time, yet it passes you each year until, at last, you reach the moment it finally happens.
So, the poem is really about an anniversary that is not yet known but is certain to come.
26th Apr 2024 11:53pm
Makes sense. Interesting concept. It's inevitable mathematics of course. Thanks for explaining. 😊
27th Apr 2024 2:39am
26th Apr 2024 11:14pm
Thanks, Dragon! I like The Twilight Zone, actually. Those are some great stories.
