The Hurricane Of Death Poem by Barry Middleton

many emotions crowd my mind
I know that death is coming
yet death is but a shadow

it is the pain of dying I fear
the physical torment
and the grief of losses

I dread the death of sunrise
the season of darkness
the preemptive blindness of tears

memory is my only comfort
and soon that too will fade
every element of life banished

awareness brings sadness
depression hangs in the air
joy is muted by a stagnant fog

then there is the rage
the rage at self for my mistakes
and rage for all that I postponed

and there is hopelessness
terminal illness makes no deals
regardless of prayer or merit

like a wolf death stalks its prey
no weapon provides defense
there is no hiding place

death is a storm at sea
beyond the shores of hope
the lightning flashes a warning

abandoned in the riptide
life's breath drifts away
till strength and will are gone

death is loneliness
death is personal
no one can truly understand

emotions are a rising flood
and the worse of all is regret
all the what-if roads not taken

I am overwhelmed by the unknown
everyone prays for miracles
the well meaning lean on denial

the prayers are appreciated
but they do not change destiny
the wind relentlessly howls

I walk this path alone
I see the coming destruction
the hurricane of death

resignation is the final act
I feel it rising like the tide
then all my pain will find release