KS Culbreth

The Light of the Reaper

That I see in your eyes
the light of days
far gone
and going
further, further to a light of life
that glows a thousand ways
each a unique cycle,

Proves the need of these sighs
and what this says,
of song
and singing
today, tomorrow, all our loves undone
and the precious one that stays
breaking the endless circle.

You and I, a common pulse,
beat as we please
the undone
is our undoing
if we let the twilight pass in common darkness;
in your eyes, the light as it plays
sways me away from your sickle.