<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="gmail_default"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><font face=".SF NS Text" class="">A Time of Waking</font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font face=".SF NS Text" class=""> </font></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><font face=".SF NS Text" class="">It is a time of waking with morning tears</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><font face=".SF NS Text" class="">and a time of mourning.</font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font face=".SF NS Text" class=""> </font></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><font face=".SF NS Text" class="">It is a time of waking to the smell of death</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><font face=".SF NS Text" class="">in smoke filled air.</font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font face=".SF NS Text" class=""> </font></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><font face=".SF NS Text" class="">A smell so strong it penetrates the waters</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><font face=".SF NS Text" class="">and arises within the waters.</font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font face=".SF NS Text" class=""> </font></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><font face=".SF NS Text" class="">It is a death so vast it will not have a name on this earth but only beyond in the reaches of time and space.</font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font face=".SF NS Text" class=""> </font></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><font face=".SF NS Text" class="">It is a death that is now hollowing out what is in our vision, leaving a thinning veil of the beauty of life we have known.</font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font face=".SF NS Text" class=""> </font></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><font face=".SF NS Text" class="">It is a death that will now be known to the young.</font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font face=".SF NS Text" class=""> </font></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><font face=".SF NS Text" class="">It is a death with sorrows that no well can hold.</font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font face=".SF NS Text" class=""> </font></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><font face=".SF NS Text" class="">It is a death that visits the poverty of the mind and is known to the lingering spirits that live in the forever world.</font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font face=".SF NS Text" class=""> </font></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><font face=".SF NS Text" class="">It is a time of waking with morning tears and a time of mourning.</font></div></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face=".SF NS Text" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face=".SF NS Text" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- Jeff Rooney</font></div></div></body></html>