The Reaper Speaks
I have come for you, mortal one
the way that I have come each time
for anyone! Such is your fate.
As surely as you see the sun
each day as you stand by your gate
to watch the new sun start to climb
to sky, I come! There is no crime
in what I am about to do.
It is your time. I’m taking you.
So go ahead and try to fight
to go not gently into night.
Your ancestors – they too had fought
when in my clutches they’d been caught,
Know this: I did not write the plot!
The tale each mortal must live out
is what each life is all about.
By Him Supreme I have been sent.
There is no time left to repent.
You mortals do not know me well.
I’m not the bad guy. Look and see
beyond this night -beyond the veil.
Release! Drift to your destiny.
Jan 20, 2020
For strict rhyme and meter challenge Poetry Contest
Contest judged. 1/27/2020. NA
NOW for Dear Heart's Writing Prompt -
Take The Dagger Out Poetry Contest
Copyright © Andrea Dietrich | Year Posted 2020
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