Eight-line Poems

Eight

Eight

The reason for being comes clear,
in the long run, at life’s ending,
beyond the purview of science,
it is a matter of the heart.

As the light grows dim and misty,
all life narrows to just one point,
so bright in the shadows of dusk
is the well earned relief of death.


Line count: 8
Free verse, syllables 8 per line
For Express It In Eight, 02.01.22
Prompt: Write an eight-line poem with exactly eight words in each line. Prompt words are REASON and SCIENCE.