The Grim Reaper

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In the sweet morning air bright,

A little lizard sat upon the wall

Across from my window. 

Dead-like still and snug she was.

All flat, and dark greyish concealed.

I could not have noticed her 

But for the repeated darts 

Shot at the passing ants. 

Then crept up, a scowly cat noiseless  

And the fiery dragon was carried off 

To be the dinner of a skulking hunter. 

The predator had become the prey 

The devourer became the devoured 

The watcher indeed knows not 

that he's watched. 

We are the victims of our own plots,

The carvers of our own destinies;

Whilst we prey on others, 

We are preyed upon.

Whilst we close in on others,

We are enclosed upon.

Whilst we focus on others,

Life-changing ideas go unprocessed.

And by us many opportunities pass

Unnoticed, untaken, untested.

And before we know it,

The curtains are closing upon us;

The dark angel is at our bedstead,

His raised scythe descending...

Tamale

03/03/2022