no hope

In Memorium:
Samuel Dwight Smith
b: 02/1972 - d: 07/2005

what is left
when the end is near?
empty hope
a dull stare

fight is done
when the breath is gone
thought subsides
calm death

waters cool
when the will lets go
distant dream
shadow grows

light fades
when the ember cools
gone the days
peace invades

quiet now
when the hope is gone
nothing more
to do

© 2006 BY W. GARY FORRESTER