Moonlight smiled
Upon the face
Of a dying man
Tormented haste
Silver white
Pallored skin
As death wrapped
A veil so thin.
About his eyes
A mellowed rage
That often spoke
Upon a page
At last, at last
It ends a tear
From narrowed eyes
A little fear.
To God
Or Heaven
Such secrets
Fly
Moonlight
Highlights
Frozen stare
To where ?