THE END

Death slowly creeps up on me
I know the time is right
It is now my time to die
Like dawn extinguishing the night.

I've been livin on this earth
For about 90 years
There is no one living anymore
Whom with I can share my fears.

My wife died long ago
My son is lost to me
My friends are all dead or dying
Guess that's how it should be.

I just never pictured myself
An old man, waiting for death
Waiting for Him to take me up
And fill me with His holy breath.

I remember the days of old
When I was just a boy
I remember my ma and pa
Even remember my favorite toy.

Never worried about death
I had no need to
For no one in my family died
So what was I to do?

My ma got ill one morn long ago
I still recall her words
"Son, I love you with all my heart
It is time for me to fly with the birds."

I thought she was crazy
For no human can fly
Til I learned that she meant as an angel
And that she was about to die.

The next evening I was there
In her bedroom by her side
It was there I learned the hardest lesson to learn
For it was there my mother died.

She looked so peaceful
Lying there in bed
I did not cry at all
Though I knew she was dead.

She would have liked it that way
How I kept my tears back
But a few years later, no more
Cause my dad had a heart attack.

It was hard enough to lose ma
But not pa too
Death had taken it's toll on me
As it has done I'm sure on you.

Or maybe it hasn't
Taken it's toll yet
But it will, rest assured
That's a very good bet.

It made me tougher, more strong
Able to handle all of it
All the bumps and curves that life gives you
All of that damn shit.

But now I am here
Waiting for death to come
So I can see all of my loved ones
And tell them how I've missed them some.

No, more than some
It's so lonely here
But I'm frozen on earth
At least my time is near.

For I would not know what to do
If I had to wait some more
I'm just waiting for God
To invite me in His door.

No more pain, no more fears
No more anything from my life
I will be with my family, ma and pa
My son and my beautiful wife.


By: Ryan Stancl