Death First Knocks, Fear Then Enters, Plea Given, Part One

(Double sonnets- Part One) Death First Knocks, Fear Then Enters, Plea Given (Double sonnets- Part One) Cold hand of death, thy touch arrives too soon Weakens my breath, sorrows my tragic tune Thy blow that hits hard, thy strike will deny More years to this bard, yet gift saddest skies Alas! Will not thy deed, be a great waste Thy kiss, I have no need, its bitter taste Deep bite of thy fangs, this heart fails to awe Bittersweet death pangs, where true love recalls Life was oft honey-sweet, days pure and true Pray dawn we meet, rather than I curse you Stay thy hand one hour, tis but a small plea Let me greet faith's power, then finish me Now friend, your silence speaks, I shed no tears Moment I was weak, faith now allays fears ~ Death comes with a hiss, to give its reply ~ ~ Where came such bliss, that soul ceases to cry~ Fear me the more, I hold thy mortal coil Life has no soft shore, man sprang from earth's soil Thy spirit rebels, this fate thy wrongs bring Death offers its hells, dare thee to now sing Thy request I grant, gifting thee a week If vows thee recant, and curse as you speak Bow to my power, I death ruleth all I gift thee more hours, walk in my dark halls One week I return, more time thee may earn My deadly flame burns, thy love I so spurn Then you must submit, curse thy day of birth I have thus seen fit, to measure thy worth Giveth me your praise, bow to my great strength Life is a maze, thine I can give more length. ~ Away Death has flown, human spirit asks ~ ~ Have I been shown, glimpse behind death's black-mask ~ Robert J. Lindley, 11-21-2018 Sonnet(s)- Part One Note: Tale of Life, Fate And Death , written in four sonnets Part One- Double Sonnets Part Two, Double sonnets- Will faith hold power or temptation of having longer life rule. To be written, in due time...