Dying

by Raimo Kangasniemi - Aquarius

In the darkness,
not waiting for the end
- as the end would surely come
would he wait for it or not -
he lay, trying
to reach the past through
memories, the moments
remembered that were his life,
that book that was now
on it´s last page.

But eyes closed,
hearing the beating of his heart
louder than the sound of guns
firing, those memories
were just pictures,
of a world lost
beyond a chasm
that seemed to span
not years but aeons.

Ancient echoes,
still and lifeless,
and all there was 
was here and now,
and it was slipping away,
in the darkness,
in the very soil under him
that was now dank with his blood.

Birth sign: Aquarius
Date created: 2005-02-25 15:00:02
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:46:47
Poem ID: 70623

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