The Creeper

Death crept closer today
Again
It never steps back
It never stands still
It creeps toward me
Until one day we shall meet
And I will lose
It might bound toward me
One day
And take me down suddenly
In a single attack
Or it might continue slowly
Methodically
I run
But it follows
It does not lose ground
Maybe someday it will be so close
That I will sense it
Or smell it
Or even see it
Or feel it
Sad but inevitable
So today I must dance
Today I must know joy
I must hug a person
I must love people
I must find meaning
There’s simply no other choice
Because death closes in