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I Hope the Future is No Place for Death

April 16, 2024
By Bradthebruh GOLD, Madison, Mississippi
Bradthebruh GOLD, Madison, Mississippi
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Favorite Quote:
"If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever." - Thomas Aquinas


Raindrops fell on a tin roof in May; 
They all hoped to make it to June. 
Rain fell again in July; 
They never saw August. 
Maybe rain will stop 
In September, 
But I still 
Hear May’s 
Rain. 
 
Rain 
Splatters, 
Dark like blood, 
On that tin roof. 
It won’t truly stop, 
But storm clouds will recede; 
Sometimes May won’t be rainy. 
I hope our rain stays in the clouds 
And falls to the roof another May 


The author's comments:

A nonet-reverse nonet couplet. I tend to think a lot about the future and what it might bring in hopeful and hopeless tones. Written after my grandfather died, the falling and rising of the line syllable length follows my thought process and coping of the event. From more hopeless to more hopeful.


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