Closing down
Afterwards he rose again and walked
but it became apparent
he was merely going through the motions.
His powers were reduced, and reducing.
It was as if his generator was shot,
his batteries couldn’t be recharged.
Mechanisms unwinding, never to be rewound.
Systems failing, one by one.
Going slower and slower.
Super title, super poem. Don’t think you need ‘tragically’, it’s implicit.
Yes! I’m deleting it.
Great! Reminds me of Lazarus.
Like the way you have taken a theme and used its terminology – it is a great technique and that step away from real life makes your words work twice as hard