How you have escaped from the jaws of oblivion!
The gaping maw before you
You stared into the face of The Abyss
And lived to tell the tale through your existence
To him, you opened up the gate
Unto the labyrinthe below
Where still in shadows he lurks
Partaking in an endless feast
How feared thine own countenance
Dreaded by the populace
Spawned of nightmare's thrall
Bane of mortals, tooth and claw
Spectral image aglow at dusk
Your erubescent eyes
Filled with hunger and with life
Unexpected origin
Welcomed nonetheless
Evocation's symmetry
Memory's immortality
One of two, you stayed the course
Remained a vibrant rodent force
The other met a grisly fate
Intraspecies excarnate
Then came the garish curse
The blinding light of plight
An affliction upon life
So you left rather than suffer its misery
Into the cool of the black earth
Where thine flesh gives rebirth
Acrossed in pentagonal grace
Forever here shall you have a place
And in the recesses of my brain
And those who knew your precious presence
Even underneath the tree
The roots become a part of thee
At one with leaf and bark and branch
Begins again, the vital dance!
You lived your life in luxury
Yet remained a solitary soul
Pale as powder, soft as velvet
Ever loved, and ever cherished