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Two little blackbirds
part ways forever
and nobody bothers why,

the sun sheds a tear
just before she sets
and philosophers do not
even care,

those keyboard sages
from the east and west,
where snow falls
and summer is a thing,
they won't ask why.

It's only I who seems
to care,
to worry why
the earthworm dies
without a marked grave.

It's only I who seems
to bother,
why the rain chose
not to fall today,
and the stars refused
to twinkle for the children;

No body asks why
the grave was cold
and why the flowers died
in my hands.

They just assumed,
I know they did;
they always do,
But I burdened myself
with the whys
and got a silent wind
for an answer.

About This Poem

Style/Type: Free verse

Review Request Direction: What did you think of my title?
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Editing Stage: Editing - rough draft

About the Author

Region, Country: Ghana, GHA

Favorite Poets: William Shakespeare, Lord Byron, John Keats, Percy Shelley, Oscar Wilde, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Henry Longfellow, William Yates, Ezra Pound, Sylvia Plath

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Comments

China Blue

China Blue

11 years 7 months ago

Wiliam

I was intrigued by this poem. It seems it is the little things that matter the most. I don't know if this was your point but that is what I got out of it

William Saint George

William Saint George

11 years 7 months ago

close enough

The point was actually those who care about the little things get hurt the most. But what you took away from it is most beneficial, we all should share the burden of caring about all those little things.