Death Conquers Poem by Colin Ian Jeffery

Death conquers giving nowhere to hide
No regard for colour, race or creed
Stalking young and old without quarter
Arch-enemy snatching away the living
Into final darkness of eternal night
Where time no longer rules, pressing hard.
All living things on earth must fade and die
Life precious with every passing minute
Keeping us focused to the fading light
Old age making mind wary of life's end
Ever listening for Death's echoing step
Trying to outpace our span's final certainty.
I shall never surrender meekly to Death
But rage with last breath, life too short.