I’m hit. It’s come at last, I feel a smart <br />Of needles in ……My God …. I’m hit again! <br />No pain this time……no pain….. and yet….. <br />my heart…… <br />Where is my heart? ‘Tis strange I feel no pain. <br />The night is still, the night is very still <br />I feel the April rain upon my hair. <br />I see the lights upon yonder hill <br />Agleam and shining in the silent air. <br />How soft the grasses seem-how soft and cool! <br />How long the valley looks-how long and deep! <br />How warm the rain! I feel a little pool <br />Beside my hand. I feel…..Can this be sleep? <br />Can this be sleep…. This buzzing in my head?…. <br />Good God! A light! A light! The pool! I’m ***<br /><br />Leon Gellert<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-death-5/
