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I’ve done my time, I’ve done my best
No longer will I see the sun setting or the moon bright in the sky
No longer will I be part of your life for down under, I will lie
Here I am entombed as I was at my conception; nothing more for me now; I have no misconception.
I’ve done my time; I’ve done my best and now it’s time to be laid down to rest
It’s been a fascinating journey, one I did not want to end; I’m saddened by my parting, it would be hard to otherwise pretend
But alas I join you here today as custom does require, to formally say my goodbyes to you for that is what I desire
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I want to thank you sincerely for all you’ve done for me. I’ve really appreciated you being in my life, hopefully that was plain to see. Generations have come and gone replacing one and other.For a while you’ll have your memories, well, some of you at least. But as generations pass, so will they, together with the deceased Anyway, lets move on from this morbid talk, let me give more consideration to you my dearest guests,
You never know, for some of you, I may even have made you a bequest. I’m shortly to be placed into the ground or scattered to the wind having done my bit and lived my life, eventually to be binned.
Hence is the way these things go, unless, unlike me, you are Michelangelo
Farewell one and all, farewell
About the Author
Keith Stokes-Smith was brought up in Solihull, moving to Worcestershire in 1997. Writing poems came easy to him in his twenties and early thirties.
In 2016, his mother passed away. Two weeks later, on a train journey to London, he belatedly wrote a bespoke poem for her funeral and wrote it as if she had composed it to be read out by her at her funeral; a strange concept you might think. From then on he found himself uncontrollably inspired to write more adopting words spoken by fictitious people of fictitious ages in fictitious circumstances. In essence, he has tried to be in the mind of the reader. His poems may be considered somewhat unique coupled very often with them having a sense of humour.
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