the lives ended too soon

life keeps pitching fatal blows

there’s no light at the end of their tunnel

what’s the point in getting back up again?

each day is a weary drag, bound to darkness

gloom clouds every direction

when does this tunnel end?

outside, people rush past, content and happy

inside, they can almost hear the laughter, the gladness

they can almost taste it, but the darkness whisks it away each time they almost touch it

why can’t they just be happy?

numbness swells through the tunnel and drowns everything in its path

empty souls fill the tunnel, void of everything but misery

 

life punches

darkness cleaves

numbness floods

 

death grins

he almost has them

every bone in their body is filled with desolation

death grasps them and whispers pretty lies in their ears

oh, how death is desirable!

relief, release from this prison!

oh, how simple, how easy it would be!

no more torment, no more problems to contend with

death would finally make them free!

 

will they accept his offer?

their mind is brimming with his soft suggestions, his lovely deceits

they trust him!

they want so deeply to trust him

 

they turn their eyes upward

death nods

they inhale deeply

one shot and it will all be gone

one shot will solve everything

 

they shoot

they shoot out of this life

a star, a shooting star that died out far too quickly

 

finally free?

maybe.

 

but not the others.

when the others find out, think of their agony

the family. the friends. they are left shattered and broken.

Author's Note

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