DEATH

Death is peaceful, easy and serene,
Death is the crone who stands in the
shadows and carries a sceptre of bone,
under a bleeding Sky her lantern glows
with the chaste rays of Hope, shining
pure like a solitary candle, burning
to illuminate the seeds of Faith that
were planted in the rich soil of the
Dark, burning to lead the way to the
Faith that is the lifeforce of us all,
Death is the gatekeeper to an Infinity
of Love, the keyholder to the blessings
from everything divine, 'come with me'
Death beckons, 'come with me into the
Light', seen and unseen, known and
unknown, Death is the skeleton who
ferries in Change from the shores of
Mortality, just as all water returns
to its infinite source-Death is the
source of all endings and beginnings,
the energy that transforms the clenched
fist of Destruction into the open hand
of renewed Life, her song sings through
the thick Silence that heralds in the
long awaited last hour, she is the
Sorcerer who turns flesh into dust
and dust into flesh again, flickering
black is all I see rattling the bones
of my house, her skeletal haunting
does not scare me for I know her, sour
and sweet, she has been with me
through all of my lives, to Death all life
returns, from Death all life is reborn.

September 28, 2009
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