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In reply to the discussion: Actually, I appreciate when people announce their departures . . . [View all]Xipe Totec
(43,889 posts)2. For then - Gossamer Stories by Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera
I want to die as the day declines,
at high sea and facing the sky,
while agony seems like a dream
and my soul like a bird that can fly.
To hear not, at this last moment,
once alone with sky and sea,
any more voices nor weeping prayers
than the majestic beating of the waves.
To die when the sad light retires
its golden network from the green waves
to be like the sun that slowly expires;
something very luminous that fades.
To die, and die young, before
fleeting time removes the gentle crown,
while life still says: "I'm yours"
though we know with our hearts that she lies.
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Actually, I appreciate when people announce their departures . . . [View all]
markpkessinger
Aug 2014
OP
it's subjective. some departure posts are juvenile GBCW attention seeking ones. others, like the
dionysus
Aug 2014
#4
I think it's petty to use a departure notice as an opportunity to unload enmity on the poster.
Gormy Cuss
Aug 2014
#21
I'm not announcing it either any more than I'm giving up the right to make some
Lint Head
Aug 2014
#30