The Death of Other People is a Semicolon

If it's true that the bell tolls for thee
Then the death of other people is a semicolon;
It's a pause but not an end—
A clause that does not rescind
Anything that is to be said after it; however,
It forces you to stop for a moment and think:
"Maybe this isn't over," then realize
That if other people's deaths are a semicolon
Then yours must be a full stop, because life
Is just one big run-on sentence.

Comments

[iloveportalz0r]

wat

[FanOfMostEverything]

2197714
A poem comparing grammar and mortality. Personally, I've always seen life as a pinball game: it's going to end eventually, but you should try to do as well as you can until then.