The Stranger

I lay there sleeping
while others are wheeping
some looking in a daze
but i see only sadness in their gaze.

It happened a night ago
when I was all alone
lost in my own thought
when suddenly I looked up
into the face of a pale white
stranger and shook off any thought.

He stood there looking elegant
in clothes far too old
to be worn in this age
and his hands and face
showed he had seen the sun not.

His eyes were cold
yet not exactly lifeless
like something in a zoo
or something long forgot
and he never once phazed me.

I said hello in my timid mannor
for I do not speak enough
to even care what I sounded like
and it seemed nor did he
the stranger just stared at me.

I never thought for one second
that this man might try to harm
me but that is what he did
and I can remember screaming
yet no one came to save me.

His eyes became fearsome
his teeth were long and sharp
he told me that I could live forever
but first I had to die
and be forgot.

So I agreed to let him
kill me and be reborn
so did he
and the stranger disappeared
never to be seen.

Now look at me
so cold and dead as he
so forgotten and alone
but I do not care
for I am a stranger all on my own.