Tears fall
As my heart weeps
From the bite of Sorrow
With its bitter edged teeth

You linger in your passing
But I know the time comes
It is in the anticipation
That the heart comes undone

Why cannot it not be
As if stepping through a veil
Why must you tarry
In your pain ridden hell

And I weep

What is it about coming death
That it must be feared and decried
Why cannot it not just come
And one pass as if whispering a sigh

Would be better that way
Swift, final, no apprehension
No drawn out suffering
No inevitable affliction

No sorrow filled hearts
Of loved ones drawn near
Just a swift deft stab
Leaving only the fall of tears

And I cry

What bitter sweet misery
To have you here, yet gone
To know as days pass
Your time passes on

I would hold you here forever
Given my most selfish soul
But my heart would bid you go
Let the pain cease its toll

And with a quick step
Free of these earthly bonds
You will pass into freedom
Of the blessed beyond.

And I will weep

s.a.t.