try to imagine
your own death
at first
your mind just balks
at the idea
but once you concentrate
you may get puzzled
at the endless opportunities
you have
of dying
warming to the subject now
images start flitting through your mind
like you were flipping TV channels
you see yourself dead
with a trickling bullet wound
in some dark street
victim of street crime unpredictable
or have a vision
of a scene of accident
where white-clad helpers
carry a distorted body
to a waiting van
in vain
or you are in a clinic
rigged to electronic gear
the nurses look discouraged
slowing beeps
flattening curves on monitors
and you feel darkness creeping in
or you blow-dry your hair
with the old dryer
and the bathroom floor
is just a little bit
too wet
a plane falls from the sky
in a fireball
a stone gives on the mountain path
you ski into whiteness
the railing breaks
lightening flashes
a snake bites
what.... -
all of a sudden
options explode
your mind reels from the truth
that death is all around
in infinite variety
and may be yours
now
or a second later
imagine
Mar 11, 2015
Mar 11, 2015 at 7:13 PM UTC
try to imagine
your own death
at first
your mind just balks
at the idea
but once you concentrate
you may get puzzled
at the endless opportunities
you have
of dying
warming to the subject now
images start flitting through your mind
like you were flipping TV channels
you see yourself dead
with a trickling bullet wound
in some dark street
victim of street crime unpredictable
or have a vision
of a scene of accident
where white-clad helpers
carry a distorted body
to a waiting van
in vain
or you are in a clinic
rigged to electronic gear
the nurses look discouraged
slowing beeps
flattening curves on monitors
and you feel darkness creeping in
or you blow-dry your hair
with the old dryer
and the bathroom floor
is just a little bit
too wet
a plane falls from the sky
in a fireball
a stone gives on the mountain path
you ski into whiteness
the railing breaks
lightening flashes
a snake bites
what.... -
all of a sudden
options explode
your mind reels from the truth
that death is all around
in infinite variety
and may be yours
now
or a second later
imagine
Written on the train after reading about a train accident .... ;-)
