Prayers for the Dying - Kilgore

As I’ve walked through

The valley of the underworld

With death lurking close behind

You see the smile on my face

Might be replaced

With my screams of please

Take pity I am ignorant

It’s my prayer

The faces I have known

They all have stranger’s eyes

Within this inhuman world

I’ve beaten death all my life

And I will not deny

The existence of some faith

When I’m about to die

It’s my prayer

Take me away some other day

Since I have seen it

My scars reveal

That I’m not ready to burn

Since I have seen it

My scars reveal

That I am not ready to burn