2 The Untold Truth

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Your enemy, I am not.
Why then, do you antagonise me?

Would you appreciate it if you were hated for doing your job?
For being a mechanic or nurse?
A doctor or teacher?
A sales assistant?
An entrepreneur?

It is just a single maneuver.
No replacement.
No do over.
For in my profession, there isn't chance to rehearse.
Others of their lives, I do not rob.

For a part of this, I never wanted to be.
So, in the meanwhile, cherish the life, the heartbeat and breath you still have got.

So, in the meanwhile, cherish the life, the heartbeat and breath you still have got

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Explanation of the poem

1 Your enemy, I am not.
2 Why then, do you 3antagonise me?

4 Would you appreciate it 5if you were hated for 6doing your job?
7 For being a mechanic or 8nurse?
9 A doctor or teacher?
10 A sales assistant?
11 An entrepreneur?

12 It is just a single 13maneuver.
14 No replacement.
15 No do over.
16 For in my profession, 17there isn't chance to 18rehearse.
19 Others of their lives, I 20do not rob.

21 For a part of this, I 22never wanted to be.
23 So, in the meanwhile, 24cherish the life, the 25heartbeat and breath 26you still have got.

In the poem Death is speaking directly to us mortals.
He addresses us in terms we are more familiar with, explaining his side of the story.

The rhyme scheme is abcd dcba.
This means that line 1 rhymes with lines 23 to 26.
Lines 2 to 3 rhyme with lines 21 to 22.
And so on.

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