He Wanted to Pass

He was going to take pause

The cards were suggesting

His time had arrived

When he least expected it

The clock would cease

And worlds merge

Lights would fade and arise

All that mattered

Would become just that

Yet, a bell rang

A chance moment of intervention

Medical mystery defined

An opportunity to amend

When the gauntlet was raised

He finally admittedly suggested

“I’m not dead yet”

Therefore I’d rather remain, aroused

To the humanity around me

Therefore all my protestations

Have become a frightening elegy

~

Time drifts beyond a single moment

Mortality plays the heart like a flute

Finely tuned and eloquent

Searching, seeming, sad; resolute