Where Are They Now?

 

They were once vibrant

walking with you

through the corridors of life

now they dwell silently

wan specters in the depths of memory

where chance hints of their presence

are stirred now and again

encountering reminders that

bring them into dim focus

and you wonder

did their waning years

robbing them of vitality

warn them of their descent

into the vacuum

that absorbs all that has lived

and did they prepare themselves

accordingly, remotely aware

and revealing nothing

that might spur dreaded Death's

untimely arrival?