Not too long ago I wanted to write a poem to express a poem to express a certain emotion, defiance toward death, but it only occurred to me recently that it might be LW appropriate. I took a somewhat different path than "do not go gentle..." but you can judge yourselves how it went. Posted in the open thread as I feel it is relatively open to random stuff like this. (Formatting screwy because I'm not used to the format here yet)

Defiance

I am afraid

 All about me the lights blink out
Seeing their fate I’m filled with fear
I want to run, I want to shout
Perhaps this time someone will hear

I am dust

 Dancing mannequin of the wind
I cannot see what strings bind me
I have lived and laughed, loved and sinned
Never knowing if I was free
But no more!

I am alive

 Bind me no more, you dust! This mind
knows the fires of love and life
Any dust that burns this bright
Is not cold enough to truly bind

I am human

 Two arms, two legs, a mind of steel
Latest line of nature’s skyward stride
But so much more, to think and feel
In the land where no dreams have died

I am mankind

 I am not, nor was ever alone
With loving brothers at my side
I’ll shout the truth this love has shown
The joy for which so many cried

And I am rising The life we feel is more than death

 The love is worth more than the fear
And one day we’ll kill you, little death
If it takes mankind a thousand years
So take me if you will and can
Though I’ll fight you the whole way
Soon will come the age of man
That day when a child can say
that

I am not afraid