Unsuspecting Mortal

Fortunately for most
Pain is an emotion
An ebb and flow
Bathing in time

For some of us
Pain etches initials
In our soul
Non relenting turmoil
Battles within

As if I have forgotten
The echoes of memories ring
On the lowest of occasion

Ever still the anger
As it was
With every year
That death arrived
To take someone
Again

I dare not
Get close to whom
Will soon be
The unsuspecting
Mortal