Would the World Mourn?

By Letitia Bolton

Through a dark lens, this collection of poetry reflects on the inner turmoil of love, friendship, and life-threatening illness.

At time bitingly cold and cynical, at others melancholy and seeking meaning in murky experiences and our human flaws, these poems are a beautifully rhythmic inner voice of life's lowest moments.

Interspersed through contemplations on death, betrayal, and lies, is a persistent questioning hopefulness for meaning, redemption, and peace.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Letitia Bolton
• Release date: Jan 21, 2021
• ISBN: 9781005150914

Book preview

A letter to you

Dear fellow fearful mortals like I

Wary of the world’s disappearance

from your eyes and mind

Who watch the clocks in dread

As if each tick were your pulse instead

Who lay down the story before the end

Inevitable and unenviable

Forced into contemplation

I write to console my comrades

Who eye the unknown with distrust

Who fear the grave

Cynics of belief!

I hope

My ramblings console

For we were once all stars

And one day we’ll all be stars once more

Our atoms, at least

Together ‘til the end

And what if we are those ghosts in machines?

Or consciously discrete?

Are we so arrogant as to believe

all answers ours to beck and call

That on our puny existence

we know it all?

That knowing that our world expanded

Leaves us all cognitively stranded

On an island of death and despair

Without purpose or care

My friends, who are afraid

Let me promise you this

It’s not how we were made

It’s not an unheard wish

Walk strong, proud

Brave and true

Dance wild, sing loud

And beside you, I will too.

Child of Arachne

Cobweb woven throne of mine

Spun of tales that intertwine

An appropriate seat for a Monarch like I

The Queen of