Death's Courting - Constanza
Though I have no wish to die now
for this moment I feel much joy
ah death it courts me being coy
A time may come I know not how
yes endings have a fatal lure
and death like life can be demure
when sorrow rings my ashen brow
and springtime's warmth I can't retain
for flesh, but clay it does constrain
until that day I'll rail and howl
I'll paint the pictures in my mind
and stare at holy lights that blind
for life is precious, this I know
now leave sweet death, and let me sleep
today is not the day you'll reap
Though I have no wish to die now,
a time may come I know not how,
when sorrow rings my ashen brow,
until that day I'll rail and howl,
for life is precious, this I vow.
1/22/14
Copyright © Debbie Guzzi | Year Posted 2014
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