Death By The Letter


D     oomed to a life of misadventure
E     very day one step closer to my fate
A     t last I can see the ending
T     he road though long
H     as come to a glorious end

B     eginning a new kind of life
Y     eilding to unknown destinys

M     any men have succombed to this fate
Y     earning for the awakening of forever

O     nly the knowledge of the unknown is dark
W     hen sight of the present is blinded by falseness
N     ever again can I allow this to happen

H     arnessed within me is the power of life
A     nd within that power comes a choice
N     ever ending cycles of madness surround my mind
D     eath and resurrection all at once
S     ilence has surrounded me with forever

James Merwin
02/18/2000