The Unwelcome Intruder

"Pallida mors aequo pulsat pede Pauperum tabernas regumque turris" Death comes in many forms And never counts the cost. A brutal suicide bewilders, Desolate are the young mother's children. Carelessness leaves undiagnosed The condition that kills a grandmother And a family is left to mourn. Death shows compassion To take away a long-suffering Matriarch in her sleep. How distraught are those left behind. Senseless is the public execution By a disturbed assassin She fallen in her prime By this crime is robbed Of her mission in life Meaning we must weave Into such narratives To retain our humanity Without which we cannot go on.