Fading

- - - Fading - - - The mighty oak once standing strong Now lying still upon the giving ground. It’s leaves in wind, they carried song. Of which, of this, no longer found. The facial hairs have turned to gray. Hair frizzing up and turning white. Joints commanded ‘move’ but stiffened stay. Eyes and mind now search Eternal Night. Common sense – a gift through learning. Truth once held its weight in Gold. Love by test through time - not through yearning. Wisdom gone with the dead-grown-old. The lie now truth - wrong is right. Forgery now changes dark to day. A belligerent mouth holds strength and might. Suddenly, seems, we've lost our way. Hard to sleep so close to death. Must hold fast to the original Me. Arguing Evils muddle with each wheezing breath. Must wake as whole – as was born to be. The brutality of Life continues on. Nothing now is what it seems. All the ‘knowing’ - - dying – gone. Life fades to whispers – Chaos screams. Shadow Seeker March 2023