Mourning Grace
If today I follow death, go down its trackless wastes, salt my tongue on hardened tears for my precious dear time's waste race along that promised cave in a headlong deadlong haste, Will you have the grace to mourn for me?
death
loss
lyric poem
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Mourning Grace - meaning Summary
Request for Mourning Grace
The speaker imagines their own death and asks whether someone will mourn them with dignity. They picture following death's bleak landscape and tasting regret over wasted time, rushing toward an inevitable end. The short, urgent lines compress grief, regret, and a plea for compassionate remembrance. The poem confronts mortality and the desire for another's emotional response, turning private fear into a direct, intimate question.
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