born in to a life sentence/not knowing when
our USE BY date will be terminated
Heart beats unaware .Pulse flows .Habits continue
Perhaps a hiccup of health as forward warning
Yet one breath will be your last.One day death.
There are those who are already going-
whether they know or not.Some smoke their fires,
some drink oceans,some dig the holes beneath their feet
"You know neither the day nor the hour.."Endings
neither define nor limit us-we are alive to the last moment
even when disabilities or distractions deny death her full attention.
She will sneak in by night and take one of us
We will never again see them alive.This is why we treasure each other
Gaps between us shadow memories inadequate to touch-
phantoms and visions ,spirits and ghosts who Houdini trick us
in to believing there are voices beyond the grave.Only silence
Which is why we sing so loud and often
as if we wish to wake the dead...
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