Suddenly Hope Is Vanqished

Suddenly the gathering clouds
Obliterate the sun
Suddenly the freshest air is turning foul
Once the  pinnacle of life
Worn gloriously as tomorrow's crown
Brought promises of realized dreams
Not in imagination but reality
Now every breath is rife
Laborious with the  coming of the reapers strife
Suddenly hope is vanquished
By deluge of a monsoon flood
Suddenly there is nothing more to grasp
Only grief once unforeseen will come to pass
Upon the newest threshold
Gods gift of immortality
Arrives before our day is done
And there in heaven is eternal life begun

Corrine Schlessel @2016