Message From a Kelpie

One day by the river,
before sunset,
o'er came a shiver,
Oh, you could bet.

Kneeling before me,
Oh, please don't say,
for it was a kelpie
that came my way.

He told me why,
even with a pause,
Day's end I would die,
everlasting life the cause.

As I told him no,
demons appeared.
Insisting I go,
Suddenly it cleared...

ONE thought in my head,
never speaking again,
alas, I was dead.

( (c) 1989)