Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MIDWAY, by BENITA ADAMS HERRICK


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MIDWAY, by                    
First Line: Midway on life's course I pause
Last Line: Or shall I life's mystery know?
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The


Midway on Life's course I pause,
Startled by the dying year.
Time seems to have broken all laws
And Death lurks eternally near.

What if, instead of taking my friend,
The Reaper had called for me?
What ultimate good at the end
Could be counted off for me?

My heart is ablaze with flaming desire
To do some glorious deeds.
But the flame dies down to a smoldering fire
On the altar of life's daily needs.

Shall I, when the curtain shall fall for me
And the fires of life burn low,
Still be midway in uncertainty,
Or shall I Life's mystery know?





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