Departing Breaths, Imminent Death

[Deciviel]

Frigid shards of a shattered hope
Beat down on the neck embraced with rope.
Sorrowful eyes red from anguish prolonged,
Voiceless lips still echo the song.

He was to himself as we are to death,
Feeble and aging, dyeing with each breath.
The cuts and the wounds that embellish his skin
Signify the fight of which he failed to win.

Consciousness soon becomes a fleeting reality,
Replaced by visions of life's brutality.
Eyes grow listless as they begin to rest,
Choking breaths his lungs ingest.

Beyond this sight lies a pen on paper,
Where agonizing thoughts hang in the air like vapor.
"I've left this life for something better,
I'll already be dead when you read this letter."

Do not cry for the now departed soul,
As his body has already begun to grow cold.
Merely remember the strength he lacked,
As the light flickers and fades to black.

[belanna_rules210]

cool, and so graphic! hey, how many posts do i need to reach a new level? ensign isn't so good.