In memory of ..
DEATH'S REGRETS
by: Jilli
With unseeing eyes I look upon
the world around me bleak-
tortured by mistakes I've made
with thoughts that make me weep.
my soul has flown--despair has come
at now my journeys end-
death is here .. the 'absent life'
to which I must descend!
flee not my spirit ** return my soul
I am not yet demised-
for still I breath; my blood runs warm
with dreams unrealized.
A prisoner still within these walls-
but life--not death--I long to hold
in arms with weakened grasp
to halt the stilling cold.
to see now at the end--those things
that once I would not see
'tis cruel punishment enough
and man's eternal tragedy.
for death is not forgiveness nor release
as I gaze upon it's face-
neither is it peace or empty sleep
for I would run to welcome such a place.
yet I linger here tormented so
longing for it all once more
wishing I could go back again
before I exit that final door.
but.. am I different now than then
would I still do all the same--
do thoughts as these come at the end
because I want to forfeit blame?
now with open arms I bid you come
cold still death--for I can see
I am not changed* *just afraid
of that unknown eternity.
The End
© by Jilli 1997
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