The Time Had Come

I never thought

I would get this old

I never thought

I would feel this cold

I never thought

 that my sight would fail

I never thought

I would lose the trail

I never thought

that my friends would die

I never thought

that the truth could lie

I never thought

that the time would come

I never thought

— that my race had run

(Dreamsleep: September, 2026)