Death

hey death... I know you're here.

One day the morning won't wait for me,

The sun will rise,

but I won't see.

The streets I knew will carry on,

And someone else will sing my song.

The hands I held will learn to let go,

The places I loved will keep their glow.

And all the things I thought I'd need,

Will turn to memories someone keeps.

I used to fear that final door,

Leaving behind what I loved before.

But maybe this life was never mine to keep,

Just a beautiful dream before the sleep.

Death, don't come like a thief in the night,

Come like the evening surrendering light!

When my story reaches its final page,

Let me leave with nothing left to save!

If you're waiting somewhere ahead,

Don't let me forget the life I've led.

For every tear and every breath,

I'll say thank you before I meet you,

Death.

I want to remember the ordinary days,

Coffee gone cold and the sun in the haze.

The people who stayed,

the ones who left,

The quietest words that I never said.

I want the scars that taught me to heal,

The broken dreams that taught me to feel,

The winding roads that led nowhere,

And all the love that found me there.

And when my heartbeat becomes a memory,

I hope the ones I loved remember me.

Not for the things I left behind,

But for the moments we intertwined.

If there is nothing on the other side,

I won't be afraid of the quiet wide.

I was here!

I was alive! And for a little while...

that was enough!

Death, you were never the end of the story,

You were the shadow that made life feel holy!

In every sunrise, every hand I held,

Every little piece of heaven I felt!

When you finally call my name,

I'll have no reason to run away.

For every tear and every breath,

I'll say thank you for this life,

Before I meet you,

Death.

One last breath... One last light...

And then I let go.

Not afraid. Just

grateful.