Death Sentenced.

Terrible irony.

Always-

He is Death,

and so,

cannot die.

How can Death

Kill Himself?

The question is,

does he live,

Or simply

an entity 

does he exist?

Never knowing

of joy

or love

or glory

but only

His task

Solely,

He is 

in a 

one man Purgatory

Not perfect.

He has made

Mistakes.

He's taken 

Too Early

and 

Too Late...

Oh Death,

Oh Death,

Why would

God hand 

YOU, 

such a wretched Fate...?

Reviews

[Crowley]

Interesting thought process. No one ever really does say...wow it was a perfect time to die, unless they kill themselves. And if they kill themselves, are they really killing themselves or is it still death and their number is up. And...if that is the case, then a savvy lawyer might be able to argue a a life insurance court case for a widow trying to collect on her hubby's suicide, because really, there would be no suicide. I loved this...sorry for the tangent.

[Frank F. Atanacio]

you did this just right-- well-balanced flow-- perfect

[Eric Cox]

Cool. Nice job on this!

[ali]

this is a very interesting take on the death sentence- because he is doomed to death, he cannot really die. The first few lines of the last stanza are especially haunting- "Taking too early and too late"- pointing out the flaws in the justice system I think? I think your rhyme scheme is very unique and it works well. You have a great sense of rhythm.