(this doesn't rhyme as well as i would like, but it speaks of this time in my life...where death stays all too close. so if it's only words, they are words true & dear...words that speak of my fear)

have you ever sat
in a house filled with silence
ever wondered, pondered
the silence's violence
of where your'e at

as some of you know
my mom died
sometime ago
and now it's time
for my dad to go

to end his Life's Rhyme

but he fears
GOD has lied
and with silent tears
he faces these last years
and though he's tried
it's only his heart that has cried

and so i sit
and this is it
bit by bit
breath by breath
once more
i await death
once more
there is that unknown door
to be opened
or closed
as Life unfolds
it's mysterious way's
we await's what lays
ahead
in silence

not livin'
but just bein' dead
for all that he's given
there's still his dread
of hell fire & damnation
lyin' ahead
in frustration
Life's ultimate situation

so it's in silence
i live
i try to give
dad his last time
with a laugh & a rhyme
i try to find
some poetry
that'll let him be
at peace
at rest
at ease
if you please
'cause he passed the test

so with his dyin'
his tryin' his done
no more cryin'
if he's known the Son
it's just that his Time has come

and i must let go
but you know
it's The Silence
that strikes such a blow
to my heart
to my mind
to my soul

it's The Silence
that is so unkind