Tuesday, April 8, 2014

~~A-Z: "Freer: A Poem about Death" by Raphael~~

Demise,
Death,
Desperation--
What does
It mean to die?
Does it mean losing
Everything?
Losing light,
Life, hope--
Losing love?
Or does it mean
Gaining the world?
Does it mean
Escaping
The shackles of a mundane
Drain?
A job,
A school,
Countless people
Who wouldn't care
If you
Lived or died?
What does it mean
To be free?
Does it mean rejecting
All you should have
Kept?
Does it mean
Relinquishing
Control
Over yourself,
And everyone else?
What does it
Mean to die?
A beginning of
The greatest adventure,
Or the end of
The only journey?
Is death a destination,
Or simply a rest stop?
Will we ever
Conquer death?
Will we ever fight
Hard enough
To escape its hold?
Strength,
Life,
Death--
Escape the end
And reach the beginning.
I wish I could say
It will all be okay.
I can only promise
You will be freer
When you die.
You won't be as sad,
You won't be as alone--
But you won't be as happy.
To die
Means to go away
From everyone
And everything
You love.
To die means
To lose the war,
Not to win it--
Or to retreat from it.
Don't go quietly
Into the dark.
Stay within the light,
Until
It is time
To die.

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