Death, Life and I

I was made to choose
Between life and death
My mind reeled in
My heart throbbed fast

I took a view of life
It breathes new things
Fresh as an open wound
In a hurting human

I took a view of death
It murders everything
Cold as a rotted flesh
In an unfeeling human

Life tried to entice me
With its rousing joys and pains
Death tried to haggle
With its haunting numbness

It was such a thrill
To behold this comedy
An ensuing struggle of possession
For this pathetically hapless soul

My turn in this charade came
“You’ve lost me forever,
O sweet innocent Life,
I’ve long surrendered to Death”