Radiance of Mortality

Radiance of Mortality is a poem written about death from illness such as the Covid Virus or other such diseases causing loss of life, in addition the poem is written with each line containing PRIME NUMBERS (ie: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, etc.)

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Perched upon

gray branches in leafless trees

blackbirds rest

on their journey to nowhere

an icy red wine sky leaps into our mind

just over the horizon

a mysterious radiant mortality looms

as it waits

church bells toll in the valleys

a pain in my head reaches a crescendo

the illness rages

dirty linen is left here

the body quakes and quivers with the fever

night brings a moonless horror

crickets sing

raspy breathing slows

body stiffens as the woeful spirit releases

death arrives in a radiance of darkness

as the sun rises

eyes open to a different view of life

is death the absolute end

or just a new beginning.

By Ken Allan Dronsfield

From: United States

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