Eternal Breath
the body deteriorates
every muscle and organ failing
a catastrophic climb
to maintain the bodies' duties
but it slips,
takes a plunge
and now your heart flutters
the beats
become your final bass notes
as the head adapts to the helplessness
it's a pain like no other
a terror of the unknown-
then gone.
As if a gust of wind swooped in to grab the soul
all light
lost
The corpse lay in a captured moment
listening and hearing the final words
It lay there listening
to your
eternally warming breath
Sarah Casey
Copyright © Sarah Casey | Year Posted 2013
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