Five Pack

The ailing beast that is me
can feel my once vibrant life
gradually ebbing away...

More and more every day
I fall behind the pack
who historically
do not slow their pace
to accommodate lame stragglers..

Time for me to meet death on my own
and die in the shadows all alone..

Do not slather my fate with sorrow
as you speed toward a tomorrow
that I will never get to see...

For we all share the same destiny