The Grim Reaper Is an alcoholic weeper Searching the earth For souls lost at birth
He lays his bare knuckle against my door I welcome him, another sailor washed ashore He offers a drink which I do not take I am allergic for goodness sake!
However, I offer him an ear Everybody needs someone to sit and hear What he does not know is that I've been to hell and back I have walked through his abysmal black
I have lived where there is no life My world tends to be nothing but trife I feel his pains, as I have felt I cannot deliver what has been dealt
The Grim reaper has left my home Left free to wander and roam He walks out looking like me Walking around triumphantly
He became me Before I became bones
A couple of things to comment on this poem. 1) I am legitimately allergic to all kinds of alcohol. 2) If you didn't pick it up, I am the Grim Reaper