Death The Silhouette

By Invisibledarkness

Angels falling from the sky,
Alone in a corner I sit and mourn.
Suddenly I see him,
The dark silhouette approaching,
He is neither man nor beast...
He's simply death,
The grim reaper fiinding his way to me,
Holding an out-stretched finger at my heart.
He beckons me to follow him,
I want to refuse,
To tell him no...
But...
Something draws me nearer this dark figure,
A force I can't escape...
Is it truly my time?
Why can't I turn away?
I look into his eyes for the first time,
The hurt and burdens he must carry,
Death holding all the pain of those lost...
Then I realize,
Death isn't bad...
He's just doing his job,
And like the rest of us...
He's tired of the bullshit reasons for having to work... 

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Copyright 2011 Invisibledarkness
Published on Tuesday, August 23, 2011.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • Just Dave On Sunday, March 4, 2018, Just Dave (448)By person wrote:

    I love how you have sympathy for death. This is a great poem. I don't think the ending was forced as someone wrote below. I thinks it's a clever ending. JD

  • A former member wrote: everybody got burdens everybody has a job to do

  • dwells On Tuesday, August 23, 2011, dwells (4177)By person wrote:

    Everybody has a job to do in the ant colony. Well put!

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