Sudden Death

Sudden death stands as a sudden enemy to the living left behind
Sudden grief makes time & concepts of reality unwind
Sudden loneliness suffocates in silent screams
Sudden fear paralyzes, a future unforeseen

Death has no victory, death has no sting
Words of the dead perhaps living again
Death has no victory yet death burns as fire
Words of the living enveloped by a smoldering pyre

Life's now shrouded in ashen fog
What is life but a ghost, a misty prologue
How is life worth living with the living gone
Why is pain unending, a mind terrorizing song

Will hope be enough
Will faith prevail
Will God be God
Will love not fail

I pray tomorrow was yesterday without today
My prayers are putty; my courage is gone
Stand by me now; I need the strong