I believe in death
it peeks around the next minute
the next hour
not for me but for my heart
for those I love best and most
it waits to strike me at my core
I believe in death
it’s proved itself to me
again and again
with irreversible blows
take me I say and leave them
let them live
let them live once more
the answer is like a cold winter night
silent and pure
the answer chews at my heart
I believe in death
it’s taken who I am
and twisted
twisted
my present into my past
.
I believe in death
how could I not
when it nudges me
with its great maw from below
and then rages down on me
taking away chunks of who I am
carries them off to non existence
like phantom limbs
I still feel
each one