Did not know how to end the longing
To begin again-
It did not know how to end the longing
For love and laughter
As love and laughter can only be
In the freedom of the younger days-

The poem I wrote after my life was over
Was a poem about wanting to live again-
And perhaps the poem itself
Was the life
that tried to prove my life was not over yet
When it was.

Shalom Freedman

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-poem-i-wrote-after-my-life-was-over/