Literature
Pre-Mortem.
Pre mortem.
Sometimes when i'm alone in the house
Left to my own thoughts
They drift to things i've noticed about the present,
And how inevitably different they are from the past.
I look at a picture of my dad,
Perched atop one of my high school creations.
He seems untouchable by time-
Even now looking young from first glance,
A closer inspection shows me just how wrong I am.
He looks so tired now, eyes sometimes glazed over,
Whenever stubble grows it's always grey.
The most haunting part though is the sunken eyes.
Circles so dark you can almost see the skull underneath,
And it sends me a chilling reminder.
No man or woman can escape the en