Ken: Good evening death angel..Why are you here? I'm not afraid anymore as I have suffered many losses to you..May I ask a relevant question? Where now is your sting?
Death: Mockingly..My sting is your sins Ken...
Ken: I'm aware of the consequences of sin...Why don't you properly reply? You attempt to flee..How can you frighten me, you have taken my wife, brother and now my mother..My sins have been forgiven..God so loved the world He sent His only begotten son to pay the price..I know the fear of death follows a man throughout life..A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time...
Death: Your allotted time will come..Accept this inevitability my son, it is your apt enterprise..Do I see anger in your eyes?
Ken: I know at times I have been decedent, destitute, sometimes drawn directly from the dissolution of decency through evolution..
Death: I'm not here as an attorney, through amorality perhaps you have abstained apparently from my assignment..You cannot persuade me from my tasks..It is of cosmic scale dealing with all mortal affairs..
Ken: I am here for a purpose yet fulfilled..My sins were paid for by Christ Jesus..One day my senses will be lost, my soul to float in mid-air, maybe all I love will be gone..I will become camouflaged in the universe, in the stars, sand and the sea..Recalled by the Creator..
Death: Almighty God created me as well..I am His angel of death..History has done me wrong..I shed a tear with each soul I take..I have to go now Ken...I am a very punctual entity..It is not yet your time..I will however have to come for you one day..
Ken: I suppose I had you all wrong death..Life does move swiftly, dawn to dusk, ashes to ashes, dust to dust...
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Reading this brought scolding hot tears to my eyes, it is so raw, so real. I myself was close to death one time, when I lost my baby, it was so strange, but so peaceful, I felt happy, then I saw the face of my two daughters, that was when I started to fight for my life. I feel for you Ken.
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Had to read this a few times!!...You have surpassed yourself, my goodness it just blew me away....I was engrossed from the very beginning.
You can write with such depth, It can take a breath away with a flutter Powerful Ken.
Thank you for sharing
Martina xxx
As this poem develops, so does the range of emotions, from anger/hostility, to rationalisation and then through to resignation/acceptance, quite a journey in a single poem!
You deal with your loss in a quite constructive way, the pain of loss is a given, the way we deal with the pain is key; through time grief subsides to sadness and the hurt gradually diminishes - but you will already be well aware of all that with the previous losses you have suffered.
A very difficult write I'm sure, I'm also sure you found the actual writing quite cathartic.
Regards
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Well written, great depth...K
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