Perpetual Death
An arm
Outstretched
Reaching 

An object
Unresponsive
Indifferent

The arm
Half outstretched
Uncertain 

The object
Turning a blind eye
Nonchalant

The arm
Discouraged
Retreating

The object
Collected 
Impassive


*   *   * 


The object 
Poised
Reaching

The arm
Hysterical
Embracing

Glimmers of hope 
Extinguished 
And reignited 
Only to be doused
Dying dreams 
Rekindled 
Then smothered
Again…
And again…
And again
In the meeting between
Callousness and ingenuousness 
Rendering living lifeless 
Perpetual death!