Midnight Tonight

A little darkness

Midnight tonight

Will be the last gasp

As my mind has lost

Its very grasp

Tonight the rest of me

Joins the best of me

Such is my destiny

Midnight shall toll

For me but once more

It's time for me

To walk through that door

Tonight the rest of me

Joins the best of me

I await breathlessly

Midnight tonight

I'll take my last breath

And I'll get to taste

The kiss of death

Jim Lonsdale Poetry 2024 

Author's Note

Written on a Friday the 13th

Reviews

[Betty Hermelee]

Some people speak of death as though it's drawing near, either by sickness or by self....you refer to midnight as your time to leave this earth...it seem by the fact that you have lost your mind, your memory and soon you will no longer have to suffer...there is definite anticipation here and then the finale....
well written and sad...I know personally many who died of that disease.....the repetition is well done
Warmly, B

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I had my triple bypass surgery on Friday the 13th two years ago.
I really like the chorus in this...and how each last line changes.And the ending...
a downturn that seems an upturn for the speaker.
nicely done Jim.
j.

[Desert Knave]

Thank you. This one was quite fun to compose. ~Jim