Will they ever call your death beautiful?
Your life, a sacrifice
The meeting of blood, and bullet, romantic?
A love story to be jealous of
I love this poem so much because it begins with questions that apply to everyone. Once I'm dead will I matter to anyone? Will it be a heroic sacrifice to be jealous of? Or will I simply just slip away quietly and never reach any notice?
Everyone wants to be seen and remembered after they are gone from this world, and that's why the first few lines of this poem are universal. And yet the apply to everyone as an individual.
Then the poem goes into specifics in talking about people that mattered in their life that simply were murdered without any recognition. People that were actual people, with quirks and potential just simply wiped away without thought or any remembrance of who they were.
I like this poem so much not because I understand what they are going through, but because they are calling attention to the fact that every life, no matter how insignificant to society, is worth everything and then some.
Then at the end of the poem it goes back into those first few lines. Reemphasizing that every death should be remembered and mourned, because that is all one desires after they are gone. And we should at least have enough respect for them to do that.
This poem is called Lost Count:A Love Story by Demetrius Amparan and Nate Marshall
Here's a link to read it: http://www.wattpad.com/589766-lost-count-a-love-story
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