Requiem

On a cursed August evening
misery brewed neath the cloudless skies
fallen asleep, never to wake again
you left us in a pale disguise

Clenched teeth holding on to a life lost
Gazing spellbound into the obscure
with tearful eyes we bade farewell
recollecting the days of yore

I remember the restless waits
Scent of the soaked earthen floor
the dilapidated wooden ceiling
the sheer joy of finding you at the door

And there you used to stand
pickled and jaded, barely on your feet
whimsical yet charming
hopeless yet upbeat

Those momentary fits of anger
that innocent, helpless face
sleepless nights in the musty room
cheating death's ugly embrace

And then you changed for good
dwarfing the weaknesses, you chose to live
but the dream didn't last too long
as fate had something more to give

Defeated the behemoth malady
succumbing to a trivial disease
drenched in the fateful rain
shivered by the vile summer breeze