The Final Moments

The Final Moments

Your eyes feel very heavy,
as if they are begging you to sleep.
The blood won't leave your heart now,
and soon only your soul will remain,
carrying a quiet stain.

Your mind is running again,
running through old memories,
memories of the past,
a past now shining before your eyes.
Your eyes feel very heavy,
tired from holding those sweet memories.

But you could never find the reason
for the stain on your soul.
Or maybe it is not because
you did something wrong at all.

With life slipping out of your body,
you place your hand in your lover’s hand.
I am sorry I could not stay with you and,
I am sorry this is the end.

And then the soul leaves the body,
this time pristine...
Your eyes feel very heavy,
and your final breath moves out,
soft and quiet and serene.

~A Singh

backstory:

So I was reading how some days ago N. Korea has enforced death penalty on failed suicide attempts as the suicide rates reach 40%... that made me wonder how death is the one thing everyone fears... yet in moments of grief and depression people see death as soothing.. and maybe relief to all their problems, this poem is about death to a person who won't have to deal with the problems in his mind and heart as soon they'll be lifeless just like him, yet there's sadness in the final moments because the loved ones... they are hard to say goodbye to.... hence even if you are feeling low and death feels a good option, live for those loved ones... your lover, your partner, your parents, your children, your friends, for yourself 🤍