The other side of night

Before I fall asleep
I feel my heart beating
I feel it in my fingers,
Sometimes I feel it skip a beat
As if surprised by a lover

They say the other side of night
There is a tunnel with a great blast of light
Maybe mine will be a splash of color
where sounds and smells replace the light
as I fade into all the others.

I don't fear the very last beat
By then my old age retreats
And looks back with the joy of youth
While my youth looks forward in sadness
meeting halfway with acceptance and gladness

Good people share kind thoughts in the end
they take care how they share it with others.
They know their heart
beats just like yours
as yours beat within your mother.

So in the end thank you Amos for all the verse
Rapaire thank you for all the wit
Thanks Spaw, for the funny and perverse
and to Severn whose puns never quit

To Rob omatic who thinks himself
a foil or foe enigmatic
I say you're an autobot
stuck in an endless loop
Always yelling Up yours
I'm better than the group.

So when you cross over
to the other side
and you wander the tunnel blindly
To you I say go to hell
but to you I say it kindly.