Precious Seconds
By Sophia A
Published 2 May 2022
A sordid promise
Inescapable
Unavoidable
A hand-written note on a table
A wilted flower
An empty chair
Life, a harmony to death's song
The soft sigh of a last breath spares none
A child
Mother
Lover
A plant
Predator
Prey
Precious seconds
Stolen from death's hourglass
Light is fleeting
Darkness is eventual