A Letter to Death【POETRY】
A Letter to Death Good day from a far away land, We have come face to face on multiple occasions But never brushed lips. Every time I see you skipping towards me, I pause time to think of thee, and I reflect. I think. Whether you are foe or friend, I do not understand But I cannot let you in either way. For joining hands would lead to friendship, but may that friendship fall, alas! I hope. I see the glint of you in the eyes of many who look at me. And of course, they are only glints. Glimpses of the hopefully nonexistent future. I do not wish you upon anyone, I do not wish you upon anyone to me. I care. I realize not all ends well but with sincerity I digress back together with hope. I hope and I try to capture and dispose of those glints which turn into flames the flames of imagination’s pain, the fear instilled in the eyes of my own, the ever pressing death of the mind. Though you are strong, dear Death, I am strong too. I will persist, and no entangling of twine or doodling of ...