Gone
John Herlihy
We never think to be gone
Then we think of being gone
Now we are not yet gone
Still are waiting to be gone
Soon we will be nearly gone
Never before thought gone
Now we think of being gone
Gone as nothing ever gone
Gone as never before gone
No return from being gone
Just gone and forever gone
Where then have we gone
No one knows where gone
When I know that I am gone
Then I will know where gone
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Copyright ©John Herlihy
Wednesday 5 March 2025
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A very cool way to approach the subject without getting to maudlin about it. The unique way of putting the word at the end of the line and teasing us with that age old question of what happens to us on the other side.
I stick to my theory… simply nothing… why a legacy is all the more important. Works on the Internet that will be read 1000 years from now.