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Death Came Knocking

Death came knocking

Heard voices outside the foyer

Looking down what we saw

Death knocking on the neighbours door

Life seemed to stand still

As we watched silently at the sill

Snide remarks becomes the surface

Remembering when the neighbour created his own circus

 He was the clown to all the complex around

Only deaths knock, drowned all sound

Heart beating in the ears loud

The pit in the stomach growls

Reaching for a prayer to shroud

This neighbour so proud

An eeriness bringing in the early morn

When the body is brought forth

Sighs a relief on sight

Shocked that it's his lady, grey in light

Tubes and machines makes the sounds

Eeriness is all around

Worldly life seems un-found

Where death stands as you look down

Waving a hand at death you say

Hello friend, not today?

Death bows and bids adieu

Watching as the neighbour through

The ambulance shows he cares

And then with outstretched wings

No longer there

Life beats once again

With a tap of the forehead to upwards flight

Time to say goodnight

Even though it is now morn

Life goes on like the norm

Death only knocked at the door

And never got what he came for