A Name of Poison

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When death comes to us

Open arms welcome

For a sweet embrace

Of the beating drum

The constant rhythm

We saw in distance

Creeps close 'til one day

Comes for existence

The day will be dark

Earthly beings shorn

Hands are torn apart

Nothing stops the mourn

Materials left

As the spirit goes

Name and truth remains

For history knows

May one's name prove good

Through actions and deeds

Gentle words recalled

As the life recedes

Regretting nothing

As you learned from all

A slave to righteous

For soon, in death's thrall

All those who corrupt

Leaving behind trash

Rippling mankind's pool

In a violent splash

Souls of the sorry

Death will feed on fear

Destroying what's left

The name once held dear

Forsaking your home

Grieving will lament

Poison you bequeath

Loved ones in torment

Innocent martyred

Guilt you can't escape

Disgracing young ones

Leaving shame to rape

Though we don't see you

It's like you're still here

Names linked to reproach

Others left to revere

Old homes remember

All those who depart

Feet that have traversed

Remain in it's heart

So leave this abode

With deliberate steps

The name left behind

Your family now reps

7/19/13

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