A knock on the door
and I said, "who's there?"
getting a little pause,
an hiccup of silence,
until a "you know who"
was heard
from the reaper,
it wasn't impatient,
just the tired voice
of He That Harvest.

"Go away, I am not ready,"
I said, "come back another time,
come back another day,
because I wasn't expecting you
and I am not prepared."
Another little pause and
"Once a king," he said,
"wanted to swap his kingdom
for a horse to get away..."

I opened the door and
as Death saw my face,
I could see
its sudden fear,
"Not you!!!...Oh not you!!!"
the man with the scythe said,
and turning around he ran
screaming for a horse
to get away.