Lady Death is everywhere. She
has always been. But these days She is especially pervasive. The media screams about the usual deaths. The talking heads endlessly debate the continuing deaths from Covid-19 and it's variants. And now the worsening war in Ukraine is taking it's grim toll. Lady Death is busy.
I need no reminders of that Dark Lady. I think of Her every day. I think of Her because all the members of my biological family are gone to Her, dead and buried in Appalachia. I am the last of them. We were strong people, good stewards of our land. But my Father's farm, and his Father's farm, and his Father's farm before him are all gone. Those beloved farm lands are subdivisions now. Time marches on. I have loved this life, but when that quiet time comes, I will embrace Lady Death and give myself to Her. Then I can join my family in Her arms and I will be home... Until the next time... I will leave nothing but my words and my ashes.
Post Script: I have had marriages, and dalliances. But in this life, in all these years, I have only known One True Love. One day together would have been enough. Yet all eternity could never be enough. I hope there are Shadows past this life, on the Other Side, for She once whispered to me, "Darkness is my Name." And Her words and Her touch haunt me every day and every night... I have faith we will find each other again in Her Darkness.
has always been. But these days She is especially pervasive. The media screams about the usual deaths. The talking heads endlessly debate the continuing deaths from Covid-19 and it's variants. And now the worsening war in Ukraine is taking it's grim toll. Lady Death is busy.
I need no reminders of that Dark Lady. I think of Her every day. I think of Her because all the members of my biological family are gone to Her, dead and buried in Appalachia. I am the last of them. We were strong people, good stewards of our land. But my Father's farm, and his Father's farm, and his Father's farm before him are all gone. Those beloved farm lands are subdivisions now. Time marches on. I have loved this life, but when that quiet time comes, I will embrace Lady Death and give myself to Her. Then I can join my family in Her arms and I will be home... Until the next time... I will leave nothing but my words and my ashes.
Post Script: I have had marriages, and dalliances. But in this life, in all these years, I have only known One True Love. One day together would have been enough. Yet all eternity could never be enough. I hope there are Shadows past this life, on the Other Side, for She once whispered to me, "Darkness is my Name." And Her words and Her touch haunt me every day and every night... I have faith we will find each other again in Her Darkness.
Comments