The Day I Turn Twenty One

21 and alone

By OUT OF PLACE Published 4 years ago • 1 min read

The day I turn 21

The world will go on

People will walk past

Whilst I sit quietly

Soaking in the silence

My eyes will watch

Yet no one will notice

And when I grow tired

I will lay still in my casket

Dreaming of movement

There will be no sea of tears

No cloudy rain

Not even a far onlooker

Simply I and a gravedigger

As the shovel pierces dirt

As the dirt hits the casket

I will revel in the weight

Enjoy the creeping darkness

As time passes by

As the day turns to night

My body will rot

And my gravestone will stand

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The Day I Turn Twenty One

21 and alone

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