Parted By Death

 

Parted by Death

by E.Bush

Bright colors fade to midnight black.

A man sat by his wife

As she lay in her bed,

Nearing the end of her life.

“I’ll always love you, although…”

She let out one final breath.

Then out of the shadow

Came the figure of Death.

The young man saw the dark coming

He said, “You cannot have her!”

But Death ignored his plea

Took the woman, then left in a blur.

The man cried himself to sleep.

“Not her, my innocent dove;

I won't let Death keep her;

For she is the only one I love.”

As he slept he dreamt that

He was on a mission.

Nothing could stop

His determined vision.

He’d fight with all his might,

He’d walk through with his pain,

Til he reached the edge of the world

And entered Death’s domain.

He walked on til morning

But with no end in sight,

He stopped in dismay,

Realizing he was losing this fight.

The man was now exhausted,

So he thought he was dreaming

When he found himself in the 

Presence of a heavenly being.

The angel flew with the man;

They landed upon a cloud.

There he saw his lovely Anne

And he shouted happily aloud

They ran to each other to embrace.

“I’ve always loved you, even though…”

But his foot went through the cloud

And he fell to the earth below

Before he hit the ground

And lost his life,

He woke with a frightened sound

And found himself still without his wife.