Duality

The silent house

Confined within its walls

Collides with the madness

Seeping from my brain

Last

The first breath you take

Is the beginning of the last

The silent clock keeps counting

Neither slow nor fast

A final time you see a face

The sweet kiss you receive

Did you realize it was over

Or was it too hard to believe?

The days tick toward  tomorrow

The outcome remains unknown

There is no absolute to offer

Not always reaping what you have sown

The memory of a favorite song

With a lover or a friend

Did it cross your mind to think

That this might be the end?

The finale of a moment

The curtain slowly drawn

With you remaining on a stage

Neither the player nor the pawn

A bow toward the audience

A smile in the looking glass

Did you finally understand it

That every day begins your last?