Duty to Death

Death awaits me
It calls by name
Searching the moments
Taking its time
Patiently awaits
Strikes at will
Not heeding decorum
When ever it is best
He coils about my feet
Inducing venom
Slowly it sets in
Fangs to my heel
Toppling me
Grip of steel
My turn is up
I follow suite
Not needing
Lengthy explanations
I was expecting it
Any moment
He would come
Rip me away
From all that I love
Those that built me
And that which I hold dear
My vision blurs
Limbs numb
Senses fail me
Darkness sets in
Knowing what is right
Wanting to fight the sensations
Giving into nothingness
Not knowing how to resist
Such a power I can not equal
One that I do not understand
But accept as duty
I fall to the ground
The earth envelops me
I sleep till the end of time
When the lid is lifted
And my destination is clear
Damned or saved