04-26-2021, 10:33 AM
I watched my sister die and thought
that was as close to Death as I would ever get.
Then I saw the body of my son.
Death is now a life sentence
a Void that follows me like my fingertips
a gap in the film of the future where
Death’s acids have eaten away
all frames of a son’s tomorrows.
Before, Death was a gentle forgetting.
Now Death is a dangerous remembering
an underworld where other rules apply
where I seek answers from the Void
like an oracle’s supplicant
and hear back only loveless riddles.
Death is the end of all comparisons.
that was as close to Death as I would ever get.
Then I saw the body of my son.
Death is now a life sentence
a Void that follows me like my fingertips
a gap in the film of the future where
Death’s acids have eaten away
all frames of a son’s tomorrows.
Before, Death was a gentle forgetting.
Now Death is a dangerous remembering
an underworld where other rules apply
where I seek answers from the Void
like an oracle’s supplicant
and hear back only loveless riddles.
Death is the end of all comparisons.