DEATH… DEATH… DEATH…

You think you know…

You think you know PAIN….

You think you know SORROW…

You think you know GRIEF…

You think you know HURT…

But you do NOT know…

You do NOT know…nor can you begin to comprehend these PARALYZING, INDESCRIBABLE emotions until you have experienced the death of a LOVED ONE…. Someone with your very own blood and bones GONE…BURIED…DEAD… FOREVER

The WEIGHT of these emotions begin to feel REAL…

You feel NUMB…

You feel HELPLESS…

You feel LOST…

UNANSWERABLE questions linger in your mind…they get LOUDER and LOUDER…

You try to find TRANQUILITY…But the TEARS won’t stop…they flow INCESSANTLY…Your BREATH shortens…. and you begin to GASP…your legs feel HEAVY…you TREMBLE… and you sink onto the COLD floor…You want to SCREAM, FIGHT, and BREAK everything around you but you are FROZEN…STILL…MOTIONLESS…

WHY??? WHY??? WHY???

 

But there remains to be NO ANSWERS…

Your TROUBLED mind attempts to recall your LAST moments together…

The LAST smile HE shared with you…

The LAST hug HE gave to you…

The LAST conversation HE had with you…

Yet it seems so LONG AGO.

You begin to wish for one last SMILE…

You begin to wish for one last HUG…

You begin to wish for one last exchange of those THREE SMALL WORDS…

But the CRUEL TRUTH to the happy ending of our story is your wish will NEVER be REALIZED…

BY DARINE AFIF AHMAD

 

“Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.” - Isaac Asimov