What remains of mine will you bury
Or perhaps even cremate?
What rituals will you perform
I will only follow my fate
As I arrived, so will I leave
Not a sigh shall be heard
Nor my shadow be traced
Through the realm and beyond
Unrecognized I was while vibrant
Fading away you paid no attention
I will carry with me my secrets
Like an ancient civilization
To be spoken of, admired
For a millennium, even five
How do you revere the dead
When you never valued me in life?
SONYA KASSAM 
Beautiful !!
Highly poignant.
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Thank you. It is one of the poems very dear to me.
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Greetings,
Very nice. I like this a lot. Thank you for this poem. These lines our powerful.
“How do you revere the dead
When you never valued me in life?”
All good wishes,
robert
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Sometimes we genuinely don’t value what is around us, until we lose it. Other times, we are hypocrites.
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So right…
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Glad you came by. You write from the heart. Good journey.
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Thank you! And a warm welcome to you.
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Thanks for visiting my blog. I have loved poetry ever since I remember. I’ll go through your earlier posts.
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I hope you enjoy your visits here :-)
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