Into Dust

When the rivers of my mind

Run dry

And my aching hands

Can no longer hold a pen

Will I still be able to feel

                          to love

                          to understand

The reason for growing old

And slowly sinking away

From my senses

Into a cold, deep and empty

Grave

In some vacant plot

Where the soil is dry and

Hard

And crumbles

Like my old bones

Into dust.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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