What Can The Dead Do
-if the dead can sometimes look back
-from their seemingly quiet world
-where peace sojourns lives so perfect
-the dead will see clearly what ails the living
-that they might lend a helping hand?
-but can the ghost of the dead
-drums the beats of life again?
-one season dead, another season alive
-one world in peace, another world riotous
-they both share a separating line of love
-through the same dust
-by which they were built
-but as the living muddle up things
-in their open world of tumult and commotion
-looking for help always
-even from the grave of the dead
-over the same problem they created;
-but can the ghost of the dead
-dance to the pathetic pains of the living?
-but the living cannot feel the pulse of the dead
-one in a conscious feelings so painful
-other in a feeling unconscious so peaceful
-two souls lie parallel against the boundary of love
-affections so dear hard to feel
-love so dearing washed through quiet winds
-the dead simlpy sleeps and look on agitated
-the living struggles on,
-life goes on till the end of their turn.
By: Ofuonyebi 'Dinobi (C) July, 2014
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Submitted on March 17, 2015
Modified on March 30, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,069 |
Words | 197 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 10, 11, 1 |
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