Eerie Stillness

It was indeed the darkest time of the night,

all the lights faded out of sight,

you could even hear death sigh, faintly,

and death was a dark mass,

with tremendous height,

my eyes fixed on it,

and I would not have been able

to put up a fight,

I moved away

to give it some space,

but it didn’t want it that way,

so it kept pace,

I turned toward it slowly,

and it stood there,

it just stood there,

as my fear went into full gear,

I just watched it’s eerie stillness,

as if I were not even alive at all,

then a soft voice would call,

it came right out of the darkness,

I’d listen again, as the terror would hit,

I felt a longing for death so strong,

that it took all my strength to contain it,

having felt that, I knew it was wrong,

then I knew it was time,

and no matter how death takes it,

it’s never guilty of a crime,

and as far as I could see,

life had to be set free,

it could never be isolated,

I too must welcome death,

even tolerated,

right to my last breath,

I then released a quiet moan,

death replied softly,

and its voice assumed the most gentle,

sympathetic tone,

no sadness was ever shown,