Canary in the Mine

Singing and
singing and
singing and
then not.

We know that
the frail among us
are the first to go,
but they're often
such lovely souls,
so light and fragile,
that we want to keep
them with us as long
as we possibly can.

This is not the first reason
we want them around, though.
The first reason is because
we're not ready to be the next to go.