Challenge Submission For Love of Life

[LeatrixSage]

For love of life
I withhold my desolate regard,
To keep from her the night without end.

For love of life
I withhold my sweeping scythe,
To keep from her the tear and rend.

For love of life
I withhold my terminal touch,
To keep from her the isolate mark.

For love of life
I withhold my hourglass sands,
To keep from her Charon's embark.

For love of life
I withhold my ebony robe,
To keep from her black feathers falling.

For love of life
I withhold the narrow voyage,
To keep from her that final calling.

For love of life
I withhold my taciturn breath,
To keep from her the gloaming key.

For love of life
I withhold the right to live,
To keep from her the inevitable fate of me.