Preparing for the End

Realising that death is inevitable

Preparing for the End.

I'm calm about the tragedy
That is the Covid-19
For I am aware of the drama
That comes from a media stream

In any step and any breath
Your life may be taken away
By any virus, any accident
Your fate is a step away

It's morbid to be calm
A harsh truth that we must learn
That fatalities do happen
And death is on the cards

My biggest concern about life
Is not the past that I have lead
No regrets for what I have done
But sad it's only just begun

Years of torment finally shed
Through talking it over again
To someone who finally listened
And helped me find my head

Growing into myself at last
Knowing who I am inside
A lover, a fighter, a dreamer all round
And better for my new found pride

Learning a skill to communicate
A language spoken by the hands
To get inside another world
And meet folk from another land

Unfortunately it does happen
One day, to us all
That we land ourselves at the end
After a long and winding brawl

I hope it's not today
Tomorrow or next week
But when the time finally comes
I'll make my final speech

Speak out to the people who hate
Those who never relate
To anyone or anything
But lay their opinions down straight

You are the ones who kill
The heart and soul of a body
A person who just wants to love
Should never hurt this much

You cannot change a heart
That beats for the love of many
It's pure and shy to those worthy
But to you it's not so friendly.

I give myself too often
To those who love me not
My love is all I have to give
When my mind is always lost

So when the time does finally come
And I sure come to pass
I hope there will be a memory of me
That makes the smiles last.