Garth Rakumakoe

When Death Clamors The Skin

Courage is the strive

as he tries to be brave

yet tangible is the knot

the esophagus fights for life

inside the near bursting banks

of the man choking

from death\'s decree

apparent in his sorrow

tailor made for center stage

gracing audience, weak

and drowning at the knees

paying final respects

to a departed dear friend

 

Never has there been

a sadness more transparent

Never has there been

a more sad willow tree

mourning a fall from grace

than when death punctures

the swollen pimple throning

the grieving heart\'s throb

only to clamor the skin

from the proceeding bleed

cleansing onlooking souls aweep

for man\'s original sin

in the bitterest of trinctures

 

All and sundry vacate

and her never returning

remains the empty scene

staring him in the face