Sudden Death
Dropping dead
Smack in the middle
Of a sentence or a dance
Is blessed, I think:
Light-to-darkness in a wink,
Then on to who-knows-where?
I therefore think it’s best to get
Your issues cleared
Before the date:
Long, long before…
Though neither lingering nor knowing
Where you will be going sounds almost, well, pleasing,
Don’t be lazy.
When you hear about the ones who went quick-quick.
For your and everybody’s sake,
Make ready.
© Sudden Death 11.25.2009 Birth, Death & In Between; Circling Round Energy; Arlene Corwin
Arlene Corwin Poetry 