I imagine one day soon
I will feel deaths hand
placed softly on my shoulder
her touch will be warm and tender
and I won’t have to turn around
to know she’s there
I’ll feel the weight of the grief
swimming in the tears
of the family I leave behind
I’ll hear the whisper of future laughter
from all of those I loved
when pain and grief
trade places with found memories
as my life flashes before my eyes
I’ll invite death to sit beside me
and I will slow down the replay
and I will pause and point
and laugh and pause
and shake and cry
and pause again
and point again
and laugh until I cry
one last time
one last time
as we begin my walk through valleys
unknown to me
I imagine death will smile
to have witnessed
all I had to share