The Heat Of Truth: A Poem

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I missed the moment in your life,

The moment, invisible, unpredictable,

Unimaginable, in which you made your

Peace with death, with your death, you,

The funny radiant man with a smile on his

Face, a joke on the lips, you said yes to death

And I didn’t know, I didn’t see, I didn’t foresee,

How could you not let us in, how could you just

Disappear?

 

You never wanted to be touched, you never talked

About emotional matters, sometimes, maybe, with a selected

Group of people, and yet, nobody saw this coming, nobody

Thought that you’d be willing to end your life at any given point,

You were so free, the thought of your own death set you free, put a smile

On your face, a sense of humour to bear it all, the immense

Hardships in this world, you felt them all, without and within yourself,

And the idea that you were free to go whenever it all became too much,

Liberated you, elated you, lightened you, that you could choose,

That you had chosen, and I couldn’t see it, couldn’t detect it,

I never thought that inviting death into your life was what kept you alive.

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Published by Croque-Melpomene

My name is Laura Gentile. I’m of German-Italian descent and I speak five languages such as English, German, French, Italian, Luxembourgish and I’m currently learning Romanian. I hold a Master of Arts Degree in English Literature, Film and Visual Culture (Dissertation: The Decadent in Love with his Psychopomp: Thomas Mann's 'Death in Venice' and Adrian Lyne's 'Lolita') and a Master of Letters by Research in English Literature, Film and Visual Culture (Thesis: Romanticising Decadence and Aestheticising Death: Women as Projection Bodies and Mimetic Identities in Zola’s 'Thérèse Raquin', Schnitzler’s 'Dream Story', Süskind’s 'Perfume: The Story of a Murderer' and Eugenides’ 'The Virgin Suicides'). Author of "Within Paravent Walls". Pentalingual Idealist. Writer of psycho-corporeal Poetry. Creator of Croque-Melpomene & Les Femmes de la Décadence. Find me here: YouTube: Croque-Melpomene Twitter: lauragentile13 Pinterest: lauragentile12 Instagram: croque_melpomene12 Goodreads: Laura Gentile LinkedIn: Laura Gentile Contact Email Address: croquemelpomene@gmail.com

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