Death, O death you always seemed so far away <br />I lived with you as I do with each and every day <br />Unconcerned and unafraid I let you be <br />I noted not your faster pace, I did not see. <br /> <br />But now O death you stare me in the face <br />And fearful I begin to run a whole new race <br />To get away from all that you would seem to bring <br />Of tasteless song that I could never wish to sing <br /> <br />And yet in truth I must admit you are a friend <br />For through your door a whole new life true Life doth send <br />Your sting O death is but in fear of unknown space <br />And conquered when with love we do that fear embrace. <br /> <br />All powerful though you may so often seem <br />You cannot squash in me or mine the dream <br />‘Be not proud O death’, said poet Donne <br />‘for die thou shalt...’ in victory given <br />Love embraced; for Christ is risen <br />And in Him, your power subsides behind the smile <br />that falls so gently on the face of life.<br /><br />Midifo Yearns<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/death-s-face/
