death is blinding
it hurts each time
in brand new ways
that much I'm finding

it eats away at worldly trust
here at once
and not the next
in what world is this just?

no one chooses their mortal end
we must go on
this fear prevails
a lifelong friend

my nights and days pocked with confusion
irrevocable, a life all done
reflect, think back
dream of illusion