Silhouette of a Dead Man

If I die before I wake I pray to god my soul to take. But if the living have fell and
gone. The tables are turning and my soul is torn. 

So how can sorrow and scorn be formed  by the tears of a shadow when a death is born . 

Follow the wealth giver the death dealer is here.

Between the space of a blink and a tear. 
Beneath the hopeless, the tired, the weak. 
Beneath the faithless, the fate missed time’s speech. 
But as this dead man keeps screaming he’s born.


 His silhouette keeps trying to morn…………..
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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Loveless Avatar
October 3, 2011 at 11:09 AM
My sweet mercy, I hope you continue to write more. I would love to read them.
Eckiwaudah Avatar
June 11, 2009 at 7:41 AM
nice write. loved it. good imagery.
Anish Avatar
March 7, 2009 at 8:45 PM
Nice stark images! Sounds like the basis for a thriller! Yours Matthew Anish
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