My Death walks ever beside me
The counter to my life's frame
A most steadfast and constant companion
An innate shade without a true name
A shadow within my own vestige
The twin to my mortal being
An enduring and resolute fellow
Who's presence is most guaranteeing
His claim is that most mightily cherished
As we forever walk but a breath apart
The price cannot be bartered or settled
Pleading nor begging will not make him depart
So timorous and tempered I firmly resign
Embracing life's antithetical mate
So we continue to walk ever side by side,
Patiently awaiting the summons of fate