ELEGY Poem: Death Becomes Us All, by Nicole Dell

Death becomes us all.
It lays siege to our souls
And seeps between our fibres.
It draws the blinds in our heart
And carries a chill into our arms.
It lifts the weight of burden
And kisses us in sweet farewell.

Alas, do not weep
For it is a fleeting thing that barely glimpses our way.
It is not a shadow that eclipses our being
Nor is it a darkness cold and unrelenting.
Why do we condemn it as a vile malevolence?
When it has so gently brought to me
A bliss ever bright and forgiving.

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