Death’s Inviting Gaze
The robins sing this morning
Coffee is brewing
Life rolls on
Yet
Just beneath the serenity
Underneath the smile
Wonder grows
The memories remain
So very near death
Trapped in the mire
Stranded all alone
No longer encased
In the cold steel of my fears
Free to move on
A new day rose
Yet
Just beneath the serenity
Underneath the smile
Wonder grows
Anxiety fed
Death’s pleasing odor
Dead roses rotting
Resurrect the past
Shake away the webs
Look to the blue sky
Hope grows in the heart
Tasting love’s morning dew
Yet
Just beneath the serenity
Underneath the smile
Wonder grows
Would this time be different?
Death beckons me so
Release me from the joy
Comfort me in the warmth of loss
Close the eyes to life
Let the music entice
Listen to the lonely heart
Cold steel’s embrace
Yet
Just beneath the sorrow
Underneath the tear
Truth lights a candle
Illuminates the way home
Death’s inviting gaze
Enticing, still today
But deep within the heart
Love is still the way
