Death Came Sudden©
Touch the face,
Ashen;
Feel the pulse.
Leaden;
Death has come
Sudden.
Done the washing,
Candles guttering,
Last rites done:
Ashes to ashes,
Dust to dust,-
But there shall be
No singing,
For this child
Of mine:
Words are hollow
Dead,-
As this heart
Dead.
Death has come
Sudden.
benny
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Poetry Please! romancing death
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