a sad sad friday

Crap-O-Death !!



Horror Has A Name

Richard Chu © 10/23/2009

I felt it, The Death, once again, was looming large,
like a big shadow in a beautiful sunny day,

Knocking on our door, once again, in such urgency,

Reaching far out its tentacles,
Like a giant Octopus, it was ready to make another score
For its today’s fresh catch

So ugly and so powerful, so quietly and yet so irresistibly
It came…
And it came…

With no excuse, nor mercy,
Or any false pretence

It came
To claim another life of its prey

Without a word,
Or any apologetic posture

It came
And took one more
life for its newly polished trophy

…………..

Defeated.
So I surrendered
under its ever extended power,
I knelt on my knees before its feet
Begging for its mercy.

With no avail…

Letting it take what it came for
I made it easy for its needs.

Surrendering,
I turned my back and pretend
To be blind
I made it easy for its day

Letting it take away with it – without a fight -
Mewmew, the cat, our first child –

A preciously cherished piece of
Our All-Precious-life-as-a-whole…

A life, departed and separated
And broken,
Apart.

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