Death (+1)

You can live

ad infinitum

until you die

but once

The end of all

beginning

a finality

that trumps

You can live

free of its power

but not beyond

its grip

The underside

of sentience

in shadows

— looming thick

(Dreamsleep: January, 2026)

Sentence Cast

I climbed in bed

to wait for death

the past

a fleeting memory

I pled the case

in my defense

whose verdict

found me guilty

My sentence cast

without appeal

a victim of

my trials

Alone to die

in hope belied

my condemnation

— final

(The New Room: January, 2026)