She comes riding the brightest shadows <br />The thrice raps on your door bring her <br />She is here to take a soul for God <br />Don't Run, Don't Hide, Don't Fear <br />The Reaper <br /> <br />She wanders calmly throughout the night <br />She is a Holy messenger of God's Will <br />Bringing souls to eternal judgment <br />Upon the Scales of Archangel Michael <br />Don't Run, Don't Hide, Don't Fear <br />The Reaper <br /> <br />She calls your name awaiting your arrival <br />Her Scythe in right your soul in left <br />She lifts you toward the moonlit sky <br />Her twelve wings flap into the Sea of Heaven <br />Don't Run, Don't Hide, Don't Fear <br />The Reaper <br /> <br />(10/13/2007)<br /><br />Michael Koelliker<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-reaper-9/