A moment he is here, 

in a second, 

soon 

Dead.

 

And all eyes, only now,

endeavor to weep: 

 

for just a word, this loss, 

which not a lip dared face,

 

Now stumbles, in dire want, over 

ashes 

to Speak.

_________________

 

R.V. Smith: “Time”, 07-04-22

 

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