If I Had Never Been Born
(Content warning: Intense themes as suggested by the title)
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If I had never been born–
The coffee pot would still hum,
The dishes would stack in quiet rows,
People would smile, still fight,
Still lost in their own rhythms.
Perhaps their laughter would ring truer,
Their nights lighter,
Without the burden of my presence.
They’d have been better off,
In ways they’ll never say.
I’d be an email in the spam folder,
A request that never reached the desk,
Forever absent,
A speck of dust on a moth-eaten book,
A step you skipped in a hurry
Unnoticed.
Maybe it would be better,
Maybe not.
But the universe spins regardless,
In its reckless, unfeeling dance,
Leaving me here,
Still breathing,
Wondering if the world would have been kinder
If I had never been born,
Or if it would have simply carried on,
Like a plot in a book
With worn-out tropes.
And yet, here I am,
A footnote in this infinite story,
Waiting…
@azurePond
If she had not been born the sun would still have rose,
But it's warmth and majesty would only speak in prose.
Pages would remain un-inked, dusty, old and tired,
Those who never read her words were ever uninspired.
The world would turn, tides would flow, days go on and on,
Yet we would feel her absence though could not what's wrong.
Something would be missing but we would not know it.
Pining for the never born AzurePond, our poet.
@azurePond the world is harsh and cruel🙁 but from it comes pure'ness and beauty🙂 just like your poems, your words that echoes through so manys minds, just waiting for a clever poet to bring their minds to light💗 your poems are beauty and they do just that💗 sad but amazing poem 👏👏 hugs you tightly 💗
Beautiful