My Companion in Time

Death comes to life with each one,
staying with us until we are done.
Each chooses their own way to cope,
many with despair and few by hope.

There are those who run fast away,
finding his shadow at the end of their day.
Others run headlong into its grip,
letting life go without a slip.

Many dare ignore the truth we all know, 
that one day in death's embrace, we must go.
So they build, or conquer, or seek great fame,
to find it empty at the end of their game.


Death is but a companion in time to be found,
walking with us until we go to the ground.
Ever present with us, we may try to push past,
into eternity to what we hope may last.

Run as we may or lay down and cry,
the truth is everyone of us will soon die.

Death as companion tells a somber tale,
of only One over who his power does fail.


With Death comes judgement to each mortal soul,
ringing up a horrible cost of life's final toll,
most still only have Death at that last chime,
but I have found Christ as my companion in time.

So beyond death~into a newness of being,
into the very presence of God it will bring.
Step by step we three walk toward eternity,
I with Christ who has conquered Death for me.