Death Walking

I’ll love you in life and in death

In this life that is death.

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Death walking among the dead inside.

This death we call “life” it’s all a lie.

Dead inside, look outside, the zombies leer.

No one to bite.

There infectious disease no right to bear to another.

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All endure its undeniable burden.

Though some, it’s laid purchase to more than enduring.

It’s simply — unmerciful.

Laid to rest with in its treacherous den.

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Darkness envelops its host

within the brain,

the marrows of the bone,

making a heart of stone.

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Chasing the light of life out

snuffing flame from its burn.

Leaving misery in its wake.

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Life fighting to reclaim its place.

Clinging to its right.

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I’ll love you in life and in death

In this life that is death.