Breath Extinguished
ebowers

It visits nightly in the glittery stars
Darkness is what you fear
Lost connections to all you know

Death that ominous being hiding in the shadows
Smiles when you are most vulnerable
Hoping, you will grasp its waiting hand

Patient, out waiting the best procrastinators
Death stares you in the face and rattles,
“It’s time to meet your maker”

There will be no smiles to answer
No tears to wipe away
Only the unknown to defy

We sit on the sidelines waiting for the end
It breaks many hearts, cools many souls
The loss transforms, renews, persists

That makes it no easier
Another piece is missing
A voice that is silenced

He exists no more
The breath extinguished
Fires burned out

He will not be forgotten
That grizzled old man
The loss profound