I am trapped
In time.
My passing rhyme
Must end
When he taps
Me on the shoulder
And says, “its over
My friend”.
And will aliens find
Fragments of poetry
And ponder on rhyme
And fleeting time?
Or will they see
An unintelligible line?
Or perhaps not care
When and where
We humans wrote,
Then cut our throat?
Another poignant poem Kevin, I love the way your poems express for us all the fact that we are alive and writing, but at any moment the words could cease forever…
Thank you. I’m so pleased you like my poem.
let’s hope they are friendly and enjoy a bit of poetry
Thanks, Beth. Indeed, let us hope so.