Eight-line Poems 2

Elegy

Elegy

In the stillness of a quiet room
we find our rest
in the shadows of the darkened tomb
we pass the final test.

Tranquillity ends the strife of life
no longer bated breath
and still the swirling airs so rife
now tamed in silent death.


Line count: 8
Rhymed abab
For Express It In Eight, 04.22.25
Prompt: Include the phrase “in the stillness of a quiet room.”