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Today, I might die

Posted on June 5, 2021April 20, 2022 by alexis

Written in the existence of soul,

I find myself captured by the infinite:

the promise that eternity has no after

or afterlife. There is life, but no hereafter.

Life continues. It changes form but that

is not ceasing. It is nowlife.

So why would I be afraid?

Recently I heard the words I knew

I’d needed: everything you know

and everyone you know

will

eventually

die.

And this could be my last day,

or I could have a dozen more or

perhaps a hundred or a thousand

and I find that comforting.

So when I wake up, that

is what I tell myself:

Today, I might die.

 

Everything I know

and everyone I know

will eventually die.

 

I’m going to take those breaths

where I really appreciate life,

I’m going to feel the pain or grief

of moments when they come,

and I am going to go gently

into that good night, because I know

that I have loved fiercely, and lived

and had hopes and dreams,

and they don’t need to be completed

in order to be good. 

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