DERJR 2024

My lady i can no longer face the sadness left by your withdrawal 

I feel that soon my very own i shall be compelled to make

Drawn slowly away from this life with each breath i take

Closer to thee I find myself drawn as further from sanity i slowly crawl

My lady I can almost clearly see thee cast in gentle reflection upon 

the rivers calm waters where twilight begins to fall

My breath I slowly draw in my life i am about to forsake 

Can this be what defines true love or is it forlorn mistake

Drawn slowly out of reality I can smell your perfume nearly run my fingers

through thine long locks of hair just as perfect as i recall

The elixir imbibed has begun to take effect

The veil of darkness is lifting as bright images filled with colour and light 

gently close in

Closer you seem for it seems that i can nearly touch your breath

My lady in love not life can everything be perfect perhaps in the next

i shall look back upon the latter in retrospect

The elixir strengthens in its effect i am dying yet does not love forgive all sin

My lady I can write no more words upon this page for now i rejoin you to share

what becomes of life after death