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Poem Details
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| Title: | To Rose the Tormented |
| Author: | Ngoc Nguyen |
| Date Submitted: | 1/4/2018 |
| Email: | ngoc.m.nguyen@cox.net |
| Poem: |
To Rose, the one whom sleep eludes; whence comes to you fears in the nights, these specters that harass your moods and chill your soul when out are the lights? Is there no cure or wonder drug that heals you like a best friend's hug? Night after night you are beset at bedtime by your heightened fears of the Reaper's sudden onset which drive your nightmares and your tears. Like the night, your fear annoys you; and irks, vexes then destroys you. Death robs you of your somnolence and steals from you your needed rest; it rapes from you your confidence that you feel cursed and are unblest. But, my dear, I am here to tell you that for you there's no death knell. You are beyond the reach of death, for God embraces you for ever and gives you life with ev'ry breath that Death therefore harms you never; and I'll be here as your best friend for all of time until Time's end!... |