This is another poem that I tried to write just after my step-dad had passed away. While all of those emotions were still fresh in my mind. After the first line, however, I had no idea how to express the kinds of feelings that I had, so I put off finishing it until just very recently. I can tell you, all of those emotions were still very much there and just as hard to write about.
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What Would It?
What would it feel
like to know you were dying?
Could you hold your
eyes wide open without crying?
Chemically lined
To equalize pain
Poison escalates
A slow demise
What would it feel
like to know you were dying?
What thoughts would
be going through your head?
Could you fall asleep
at night in the comfort of your bed?
Childhood dreams
Stir life’s regrets
Your decades
Flash before you
What thoughts would
be going through your head?
What would you say to
the people you love most?
Could you tell them
goodbye or just save it for ghost?
Cherish your time
Never let them go
Weep at the thought
Of leaving them alone
What would you say to
the people you love most?
What would it feel
like to know you were dying?
Could you keep
fighting or just give up trying?
All deep questions
Worth pondering
Think about it
We’re all dying
What does it feel
like to know you are dying?
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