Who Is Death

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Is death a cold stone with no heart?
Does he venture and notice life at all
Or does he just stay cast in a darkly, villainous part.

Do his hands touch death and restart
In other forms when age does fall
Is death a cold stone with no heart?

When life moves on and does depart
Does he shed a tear, sob or bawl
Or does he just stay cast in a darkly, villainous part.

Hidden under hood, do eyes dart
And watch as life does enthral
Is death a cold stone with no heart?

Does he follow, watch, but not take part
See the brightness open and send the call
Or does he just stay cast in a darkly, villainous part.

Alone, on his journey, does he impart
Bits of beauty back to life away from urban sprawl
Is death a cold stone with no heart?
Or does he just stay cast in a darkly, villainous part.

Written for Week One of the "Invalid Item"  - October 1 to 7, 2014
Form: Villanelle
19 lines following a rhyming pattern of aba aba aba aba aba abaa
The first and third lines of the first stanza are repeated in alternating order throughout the poem, and appear together in the last couplet (last two lines).