Immortality

A poem about the power of stories

Image: Clark Young via Unsplash

This piece is dedicated to all those we have lost, who live on forever in our stories and in our hearts.

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I have discovered a secret, 
I no longer wish to keep it.
To everlasting, eternal life, 
Away from hardship and strife.

To achieve immortality, 
And avoid death's finality,
One must cut open their chest,
And bleed like all the rest. 

Take hold of a blank page, 
One that has yellowed with age, 
Soak ink and your tears within, 
Confess to it your every sin. 

Craft with your mind, a world filled, 
With memories death has killed.
Your body will fade one day, 
But that ink will always stay. 

I've ensured your memory will live on, 
Through every dusk and every dawn, 
Passed down through countless stories,
Of your life and your many past glories. 

I cannot protect you from relentless time
I know the day will come when you won't be mine, 
But for now, I use this power to write you down, 
Forever a resident in my fictional town. 

One day soon we'll meet in that place, 
There, I will recall your shining grace,
I will be by your side once more, 
Together, just like it was before. 

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