Death Is Just A Part Of Life…

We can only speculate
at what lies beyond,
our fragile human mind
unable to grasp
the meaning of life,
we are even less likely
to understand the moment
it ceases to exist,
so we hide from the darkness
that will inevitably
visit us all

Finally finding peace
escaping the constrictions
of mortality,
as we leave behind
the differences that separate us,
the pain of each breathe
greater than the last,
facing the fear
of the unknown,
until returning to the earth,
becoming one with all

A perfect sleep that finally solves
the mystery that has eluded us,
accepting what's to come
and not running from its presence,
drinking down the last drop
that life has to offer,
with many things unsaid
we enter
into the twilight,
letting go of
the inner realities of our being

The final experience
rounding off our lives,
for a journey that continues
from this unto
the next,
distinguished by the solace
of those we leave behind,
illusions of the past
replaced by endless possibilities.
After all --
death is just a part of life.