Pride of Thanatos

Pride of Thanatos

I have seen all that there is,

And all that has been.

I have seen beauty, love, and hate

Turned flesh to rot.

I have seen little girls dressed in blue,

Made lovers break the promise of forever.

I have visited babies in their cribs,

Made mothers wail in the aftermath of me.

Wielded by evil against innocents,

Taken by force by the tired and broken,

I have made what is

Cease to exist.

Taking without conscience, it seems,

Pestilence and disease, I always follow.

Heartbreak and loss, I always gift.

There is none that can stand against me,

None I will not touch, given time.

I am what I am—

Through ages past,

An enemy to most,

But a friend to some.