The cruelty of death

Precious Gift 2002 (Edo state)



Oh death how cruel are thou?
Oh where are thou left the poor to stake?
Thou has been crown as the wages of sin
Sinners think otherwise because of you
Loved ones sing songs of life
But thou has forsaken them

Where we
Even where we mean to live you strike us
Where hath thou leave those permissions
Needed to take the throne
Death roam about like a snake without a home
Looking for where to rule
Loved ones sing songs of life
But thou has forsaken them

Death!!
An anemy of mankind
The reasons for weeping
Life span is in your keeping
No one has seen reasons for peeping
Into the ways you are ruling
Some die without a cause
Some die with a cause
Loved ones sing songs of life
But thou has forsaken them

Big fries have come and were struck
Small fries have come and were struck
By the cruelty of death as the king
Death!! The wages of sin
And then the remains say what a life!!
And weep over spilled water
Wishing they could bring back the dead
Loved ones sing songs of life
But thou has forsaken them

About this poem

This poem talks about the way death takes people unannounced and how their loved ones are left devastated. They wished they could bring them back but death is so cruel that it's doesn't even allow that. the poem is centered on the pain death causes and the calamity it brings upon the family of the deceased.

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Submitted by ihonregift25 on March 30, 2024

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Quick analysis:

Scheme xxaxBC xxxxxxBC xxddddeeBC ffdabxxBC
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,002
Words 203
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 6, 8, 10, 9

Precious Gift

precious Gift was Born on may 5, 2002 In Edo state Nigeria. She is currently a student in the funlex high school she has written several poems including plays and also novels, she currently lives in Lagos Nigeria. she is aiming to study theater arts in the university of Lagos more…

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