Death Rattle Darkness by Kenneth Vincent Walker

Death Rattle Darkness

I have seen both sides;

Now, I cannot close my

Eyes amid this freezing

Cold kiss of Death with

Her frigid lips clinched

Pressed tightly to mine.

The viciousness of Life;

The last heartbeat of a

Diminishing survival are

At odds and are rivals to

The bitter end, Alas, this

Viscous drip from veins

Now collapsed while my

Mind slowly slips into a

Subconscious state with

A mammoth embrace

As pumping ceases to

Exist, the thumping now

Leaps from my chest, a

Lowly bellow befriends

My last shallow breath

Has come to its end as

I fall from my saddle

Halted by a death rattle

Silenced forever Amen.