pounding hooves
echo through the dark
a shrouded moon above
silver beams illuminate so slight
a diaphanous green stallion
tears through the night
his relentless rider
death
gripping times scythe
finds me alone
in the fields of apprehension
showing no mercy
my soul he has come to claim
hearing no mortal plight
he is life’s abductor
leaving me battered
and choking on all the unspoken
inches away from redemption
the piercing gleam of his eyes
penetrate my core
and magnify my pain
the hollowness of my regrets
seems to entertain
he smiles
his icy breath
whispers my name
i collapse to my knees
unable to accept this fate
a golden light shines
splitting the darkness
banishing the terrorizing horseman
dawns noble emergence
awakens me slowly
sunlit salvation
my liberation from midnights frightening reveries.