Death

Lyrics

Death waits like a lantern hung beyond the ridge A small, steady brightness at the final bridge No claws in the shadows, no debtors' grim art Just the closing of windows around a beating heart

I will not make a bargain, I will not plead for years I will not let its rumor dictate all my fears When breath becomes a hallway, and walls begin to thin I'll step across the threshold like I once stepped in

Death is my horizon Edge of breath and bone Not the end of freedom Just the place it stands alone I'll greet it like a stranger Met upon the road Curiosity in my eyes No terror in my load

If all I am is ending, then all I was is dust But something in my choosing outlives flesh and rust The footprints of intention, the echoes of my song These are the quiet reasons death and I belong

Death is my horizon Not a judge, not a thief Just the last soft unravelling Of this borrowed brief belief When it reaches out to take me I'll unclench my hands and see What remains of "I" When there is only "be."

Death is my horizon Edge of breath and bone Not the end of freedom Just the place it stands alone I'll greet it like a stranger Met upon the road Curiosity in my eyes No terror in my load

I do not dread the border Borders are for maps The road goes on without them