Darkness falls in shades of gray
Where sunlight once did shine,
Shadows gather deepening
Thoughts that once were mine;
Silence echoes all around
In loud and piercing pall
Lifeblood throbbing only sound
Within these darkened walls;
Slowly ebbing,
Slowly ebbing,
Emptiness is all surrounding
All consuming every breath
Void of color, only darkness
Velvet darkness touching death;
Peaceful quiet, peaceful nothing
No more thoughts forevermore
End is nearing, spirit clearing
Pathway leads to heaven's door -
Slowly ebbing,
Slowly ebbing,
Slowly ebbing
Nothing more.
Linda Ori
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/life-descending/
