Could That We Slip Away
There will be no tomorrow
so we will hold our fate in silence
We still have precious moments
to spend in wondrous illusions
and fool our hearts...if briefly
accommodating goodbye
in a world gone mad
We will spend our last moments
of reverent understanding
with love's purest passions, without restraint
and give thanks to the quiet breath of evening
among the fiery ashes of war
How dark and unending is cruelty
How evil the times we live in
Could that we slip away in the dark of night
and leave this nightmare of exploding thunder
that kills without mercy
For death is coming
and we will face its ruthlessness
holding tight among the dead and dying
I will reach for your fingers to grasp
and wipe away your last tear
until my last breath
I wish we could have known another time
another place
8/19/19
contest What If there is no Tomorrow
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