Debt That All Pay

I come in the day,

I come in the night,

I shall take you with me,

Even if you put up a fight.

Darkness I bring,

And sorrow too,

Be ready always,

‘Cause next maybe you.

A shadow I am,

A figure unseen,

You see just once,

May you be old or a teen.

There is no delay,

There isn’t a diversion,

I take what I choose,

There isn’t any substitution.

Many ways I have,

To crawl quietly in,

I can even jump in noisily,

But in taking you I will always win.

There’s no place to run,

Nor a place to hide,

This I my game alone,

So my rules you’ll have to abide.

I shall chase,

I shall follow,

Till the right day comes,

And you turn pale yellow.

Complete silence or,

Even a loud scream,

It won’t scare me at all,

Nor at night give me a bad dream.

You shall have your space,

As I will be far away,

But then I shall come,

To take the debt that all men pay.

There you shall rest,

And slow down will your breath,

Then my warm embrace,

The one you call as death.