Perseverance

[lsdiamond]

For the coolness
the stillness
the peace of eternal slumber

Why does death hide from me?
Why does it laugh, skipping just beyond view?
I still have work to complete,
but I seek rest.
Reprieve.

"Too many would miss you,"
it says.
"But better now, than later, surely;
Should others know and miss me, too?"

Perhaps I will fail all...so that no one cares when I am gone.

Alas, I have received my orders.
Time is against me.
But my time will come.
Peace will come.
The cold will take me.

Then I will rest.

~ 3/28/04 A.H.G.