Do you know what death is?
Its something beautiful for a soul
That was trapped in a body which had long gone cold
It’s an orange sun rise after a long stormy night
Its a giant leap ahead
A step towards the light
Its said to be more peaceful than a cold winter night
It takes us to a place where there is no sorrow
For it is in this very life
That we live, hoping for a better tomorrow
Maybe people think of death as painful and sad
Because it leaves a void amoung us
A space somewhere in our souls which
Never will be the same again
No matter how many moments we keep
In the back of our minds
Memories trapped within the colored polaroids
Or between the pages of a long forgotten book
Or somewhere in an old tin box buried among boxes in the attic
The void creeps in on us
Growing bigger with each passing look
A street so known
A town by a brook
A midnight dinner
A sudden telephone
It all takes us back to a place in time
Where only our souls belonged
I was yours and you were mine
But death isn’t the villain
We are all taught to see it to be
It’s not an mirage but rather a hard reality
Its an escape from the unending pain
More like a beginning than an end
A river which has finally met its sea
That’s what souls feel when they are set free
Death often creeps down on our most treasured things
It leaves behind a trail of black overalls and white lilies
On a tombstone marked with words of poetry
A lost mother, an estranged sister
A strayed daughter ,an arrogant son
A small girl who would never again see the morning sun