DEATH CAME SILENTLY... <br /> <br />My mind began reeling, <br />big bells began pealing, <br />then I found myself kneeling <br />in a river not on any map. <br /> <br />Instead of dead, <br />Life seemed upended, <br />and I could hear and see, <br />Love’s lovely lonesome sound, <br />echoing around inside of me. <br /> <br />Death came silently! <br /> <br />~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ <br />Rhey W. Hedges, <br />November 27,2007<br /><br />RHEY W. HEDGES<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/death-came-silently/