If it was your last day.... by CatherineElias, literature
Literature
If it was your last day....
If it was your last day....
and you saw your final golden dawn break
and you had an old body that always ached
and you overturned every stone
and you had seldom contented with the unknown
and you worked your hands to the bone
and you gave yourself a home
and you said you wanted to do it alone
and you liked your things neat
and you had no task left incomplete
and you rub your worn and traveled feet
and you find your luck running out
and you seem free of any doubt
and you forwent all superstition
and you made sound decisions
and you stayed true to your promise
and you played teacher to a novice
and you used to think of us with obsession
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