…go to night

Our lives
our fleeting
momentary lives

too soon
we live those years away
too many pages of despair

one by one
springs and autumns go
seasons change

in the blink of an eye
days go to night
there is nothing but silence

as fallen petals lie
fading away
will be seen no more

our lives
are short and flickering
and then they are gone

so brief
is the moment
and there is no undoing it

© Ann Bagnall 2012