DEATH CAME SILENTLY...

My mind began reeling,
big bells began pealing,
then I found myself kneeling
in a river not on any map.

Instead of dead,
Life seemed upended,
and I could hear and see,
Love’s lovely lonesome sound,
echoing around inside of me.

Death came silently!

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Rhey W. Hedges,
November 27,2007

RHEY W. HEDGES

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