Moment

Drenched from head to toe,
beads of sweat begin to show,
the heart beats faster with every breath
exhorting the limbs to fight the flow.

The sky bright and the shining sun,
clouds embellished at the horizon,
the chirping birds, the dancing trees
by a watery gloom were overrun.

The feet moved at a frenetic pace,
the arms extended wanting to raise,
the eyes open wide to catch glimpses of life
as the colour runs off the face.

And as the breath turns into a gasp,
the fists close tight in a bid to grasp,
the thread breaks and the ties are snapped,
from the lap of Life into Death's clasp.