Mourner

It could be a bullet

out on the street

or an aneurysm

while fast asleep

The methods of demise

as different as each recipient

Yet the results, the same

for he or she named

on death’s certificate

It can come out of nowhere

in an instant’s time

Seemingly striking

without reason nor rhyme

Taking away

“one too good to die”

That’s how it appears

to the mourner’s eye

Are we ever prepared?

Most likely not, it seems

Whether fully awake

or fully in dream

Realized expectations

of being no longer here

No wonder most

live in fear

Hence, the mourner’s tear

Excitation or regret

on one side or the other

of life’s death reality

As mourners wait

for their special moment

to finally see,

if death’s life is to be