Solace
When I listen hard enough, I hear it
as life evaporates, I fear it.
Will I dance in heaven or writhe in hell
or return to nothingness as well?
Will I survive my final breath
or live to see my certain death?
I ask the glaring pools of black
inside my mirror, staring back
and then I hear that Death once more
rapping softly at my door.
When opened, I see a thousand ways
that I might meet my end of days
but in this form, no ugliness
upon the face of my obsess.
Just gratefulness for what I have,
this bittersweet becomes a salve
to mend a heart which takes for granted
each breath which should leave me enchanted
and then I bid a soft farewell
that I might contemplate this well.
Why this shade would come to me
then force my darkened eyes to see
the futility of hanging on
to a life forgotten when its gone?
This lesson learned, left me a wish
that I might finally cherish
and sorrow for each day that’s past
yet live each moment like my last.
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