Dusk

By: One yet within the morning light

Many days go slipping by

Quickly as we wonder why

Wherefore goes the time that’s lost?

As we ponder aging's cost

All we’ve worked for just like sand

Slipping softly through our hands

Long before we first draw breath

Already we are bound for death

Every moment yet un-cast

Ever built upon the past

All alone we wander through

All the things we failed to do

Standing in the twilight hour

Watching night, the day, devour

Knowing all will soon be gone

Nothing left but hope of dawn

Life as such it ever is

Is lost amidst our hubris

But even as the shadows gather

Under Night Mares streaming lather

Undaunted gather we once more

Daring death itself to war

For though our end can naught but come

As all life's parts achieve their sum

And though our fight may gain no more

Then seconds add to our score

We still must stand against the dusk

And cleave to life within this husk

For life's not measured in its length,

~ or what you had to give

But just how hard, with what you had,

~ you truly tried to live

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