A sudden jolt,

Just a quick spark,

A sense of dizziness,

Then all is dark.

A clammy hand,

Wrapping around your heart,

A beat that stops,

And won't restart.

A soul leaving it's body,

No more debts to pay,

Your eyes are closed forever,

You won't see another day.

Silence,

No breathing,

No heat,

No heartbeat,

Only silence in the air.

A tongue has ceased,

A mind has ended,

Wisdom has left this world,

Just a little,

By the loss of this one person.

Love has shriveled up,

And is dust,

Because the heart is still,

And the lips are cold.

Nothing can bring them back,

But their memory will forever,

Be ours to cherish.

- Michael Hall

The smell of flowers and candles

Now surrounds me

The warmth of my skin

Has left me

Sheathed now by darkness and cold

As I have finally

reached the End

Shadowed illusions

Darkness dancing

'Tween marble monoliths

Hidden, I see

A yawning churchyard

Belching bodies

From gloomy graves.