Death Will Claim Us All Poem by Sara Militello

Death Will Claim Us All

Death will claim us all
whether slinking inside a cringing skin
or walking proud and fearless then.

I've lived my life without the mask
so many wear and weather supine.
now, in the autumn of my time, I bask

Without the mask that never was
'cause I did alright; for the life I've lived
was always real and mine alone to hone~

I've lived my life worldly wise and free
and countenanced no one saying to me
"you have no right to be…"


May 25,1995