Mortality
Precipitous
excrutiating
the realization
that the curtain
is swiftly unfurling, almost over
the world that is my life, stage black
waning
decaying
curling yellowed brittle
words that once moved, scratchings
meaningless marks on a page now, ashes, dust
Brief
infinite
the moments
that weave together
and make a life, sweet
or bitter, joy-filled or angst-ridden but wholly mine
soon
sooner
than anticipated
I will be
a mere memory, fleeting, fading
a whisper in time dispersing in the wind
Mortality
Precipitous
excrutiating
the realization
that the curtain
is swiftly unfurling, almost over
the world that is my life, stage black
waning
decaying
curling yellowed brittle
words that once moved, scratchings
meaningless marks on a page now, ashes, dust
Brief
infinite
the moments
that weave together
and make a life, sweet
or bitter, joy-filled or angst-ridden but wholly mine
soon
sooner
than anticipated
I will be
a mere memory, fleeting, fading
a whisper in time dispersing in the wind