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Eclipse
A day so fair, with laughter rich
brings a joy as nothing else can give
with those I love, more, for whom I live
a kingdoms gold, ne'er would I switch.
For in the middle of lifes day
I watch children laugh with old grandfolks
and despite myself, at twice told jokes
a smile forms I wish would stay.
My smile all to soon does cease
as the sun sinks low and brings twilight
for to every day, and life, comes night.
Life is not owned; we only lease.
Deaths spector hides o'er every hill;
a beast that seeks but to devour
our years and days, every last hour
by means of Death's dark bitter pill.
So sadness fades my brightest day,
though I pray to trust the Father's Son,
behind every thought lurks only one:
Once only do we pass this way.
