Blessed Expiration

 

There goes that damn bell again
emanating from

my soon to be mortal soul

A forewarning daily
that rings for me

and all oblivious humanity

Pounding volume reverberates

Growing louder by the day

Despite my creative

muffling denial deflections
the sonic torture won't go away

Tomorrow reminders never turn off

Now the advancing shadows

are beneath my weary feet
ready to complete the mission

to drop my sorry ass

into the cavern of darkness

Not sure if this is the absolute end

or a portal to the eternal afterlife

Up or down matters not to me

for at long last I will be free

of this interminable life sentence

Memento mori my temporary friends