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Death

November 9, 2011
By doldrums SILVER, Sanford, North Carolina
doldrums SILVER, Sanford, North Carolina
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Favorite Quote:
"If you can't accept people for their faults, you will never like anyone."


My pen is my medium.
The words are my life.
My fingers curl around the pen,
Gripping it tightly
As I write down my story.
I write,
And write,
And write,
Each word pressing down on me
Fiercely,
Heavily.
My writing becomes furious.
I write down as fast as I can,
Words threading and weaving into each other,
Becoming a jumbled mess.
Anger.
Pain.
Suffering.
It pours from me
As sobs escape.

My hand slows.
My heart slows.
My writing becomes gentler,
Softer,
Kinder.
Happiness.
Warmth.
Comfort.
I breath it in as I write down my story,
My life.

My fingers holding the match bite into my palm,
Reminding me of my purpose.
I am about to end my life.
With each word
Holds a part of me.
With each sentence,
Is who I am.

I light the match.
I touch the paper.
Flames rise up.
I can feel the heat,
The burning of
Myself.
Somewhat painfully,
I watch each word burn to ashes,
Each syllable consumed by this flame.
I watch.
I don't dare to breath.

As the flames reach my name,
I almost close my eyes.
I wince,
I recede,
But I do not look away.
As my name disappears,
So do I.
So do my old feelings,
My old self.
With each ash that floats away,
I feel different.

I am dead.

I breathe.

The author's comments:
I though of death, and imagined a new way of it.

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