The Last Dance Of Your Life
i
you don't really have to mind
death
what power do you have for it
when it comes
it comes
none can prevent it
from sitting beside you
the doctors are honest
and sometimes
too stupid to give you a promise
for another extension of
life
a hope that poisons the mind instead
and makes
our recent stand rigid and
unreasonable
for those who have seen the light
on one hand
sees death as
a welcome experience
in fact a festivity
another coming experience
another full moon
at the bay
another bus that has arrived in a far away town
another train that honks proudly its arrival
in another station
another flight to a distant sky that dresses the world
and puts it to a very silent sleep
and this time
whether you like it or not
you are set upon this journey
that gives you fear
because there is not ticket
for your coming back
it is the false notion that
you can never come back
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poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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