A Waltz of Death ⚰️😔

A Waltz of Death

Come dance with me a waltz of death,
as an orchestra of pity plays its eerie tune.
Drink from the poisoned chalice bitters of life.
Leave a generous tip for the master of demise--
he has invited the best of the worst
to rid the earth of sod where I shall lie.

Maestro of culpability readies his place,
and waves his baton to summon death in.
I hesitantly take my place on the dance floor,
and wait for my partner, “Life” to join me.
The band strikes up and plays a sordid tune,
as “Life” sits at a table sipping a drink of woe.

And the band plays on!
Sheila Bowyer Kline
“The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best
shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends,
and the other begins?”
Edgar Allen Poe