Time & Brevity
After Death
From Rivers to the Sea
Time & Brevity
Now while my lips are living
Their words must stay unsaid,
And will my soul remember
To speak when I am dead?
Yet if my soul remembered
You would not heed it, dear,
For now you must not listen,
And then you could not hear.
Cite this poem
MLA
Teasdale, Sara. “After Death.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/teasdale/85/.
Chicago
Teasdale, Sara. “After Death.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/teasdale/85/.
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