My eyes are so heavy,
I feel them close so tight.
I fight so hard to open them-
I can’t, they won’t.
What I have feared so greatly-
I finally must face.
I feel my heart slow down.
My skin and bones slowly meld into each other.
My soul rises, rises free from my body.
I try to hold on, but there is nothing to hold.
I watch my breath leave my body-
Like smoke drifting from a chimney on a cold winter’s day.
My breath- my life,
All gone in that one moment.
The moment I have been waiting for my whole life.
Yet, all I can remember is everything I never did.
I want to remember the good,
remember faces, remember times.
But, I am overwhelmed with loss.
My own loss.
I want to weep, but cannot.
I want to go back, but it’s too late.
All the time I have been thinking about this day,
Has stopped me from really living.
Instead of making memories
I was stuck planning for the inevitable.
Now instead of my life flashing by,
I am watching a life that should have been.
I feel my lungs empty-
And my heart completely stop.
My eyes are so heavy,
And I cannot open them again.
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Well written. Excellent theme. And simply put. A complex emotion, tamed in words.
Great job!:)