MOMENTO MORI
I’VE HAD A BRIEF
VISIT WITH DEATH
HE STOPS BY
OCCASIONALLY
LIKE A FRIEND
WHO WALKS BESIDE THE
EMPEROR
AT HIS CORONATION
WHISPERING IN HIS EAR
REMEMBER YOU MUST DIE
HE IS NOT VORACIOUS
IN HIS GATHERING OF
SOULS
HE IS NOT LIKE SATAN
GOING ABOUT
SEEKING WHOM HE MAY
DEVOUR
HIS AIM
IS TO REMIND YOU
THAT ALL THINGS MUST
END
HE IS NOT RSPONSIBLE
FOR THE WAY WE DIE
SOME WEAR OUT
SOME UNTIMELY RIPPED
FROM LIFE’S FABRIC
HE COMES
AS A COMFORTER
THOUGH NOT ALWAYS
RECOGNIZED AS SUCH
HE PROMISES PEACE
AN END TO SUFFERING
AN END TO THE MANY MISTAKES WE MAKE
BUT HIS MAIN TASK
IS TO REMIND US
WE LEAVE LIFE
EMPTY HANDED
FRANK A VOLLMER
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