The earth grave

Sighing, sighing in this dark night 

This meek moon cannot shine 

As it once did 

The pull of the turning tides upon the ocean floor 

Does not bring forth the force as it once did; nor the push onto the wretched shore 

As place and time 

Turns the wave of 

Time and tide 

~

Truthfully, wherefore art thou 

This ride is not taken 

Dignity has faltered 

Even the once friendly moon as witness 

Shadows the passing

Of the great ocean ride 

Noisily, noisily in it's haste 

As the ocean's silvery fish are swallowed 

Hunters become the hunted

Death takes the dead quickly to their resting place 

~ 

The passing traffic 

Noisily, noisily 

Satellites in the sky 

High, high 

Urges, 

To die for 

Life, to live and 

Death to die 

~ 

Sighing, 

sighing in this dark night 

This early sunset has come too soon

In this grave that waits 

Inside the man climbs

Stepped down his ladder

Into the earth grave 

Preparing his soul

In his last rites 

Of death and acceptance