Dark Veils

She walks the halls to snuff out breath attired in her veil of death Soon, the morphine takes its toll As she steals their very soul They see her coming and lie in fear They know the kiss of death is near And then she takes their feeble hands And leads them to a cold dark land Do they really want to die? Or has the system gone awry They lie there waiting for reprieve But it's only death that they receive