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I Know I Am Going To Die

I know I’m going to die It’s just a matter of time Till my body catches up With my state of mind When the deadness of my heart Will make its beating still When my mind just shuts down Almost against my will When every living fiber Like my soul gives up the fight When my body finally slips Into that endless night The blood coursing through my veins Is slowing down its race There is that tinge of death That's reflected on my face Shutting down every function My body is giving in Sensing there's no desire The battle of life to win It's clear all of my tissues Have finally come to see That there is no breath of love That can give life back to me Eileen Manassian Ghali

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Arthur Vaso

Date: 4/13/2013 11:18:00 PM

I am running out of "wows" This is another wonderful write, up in the Mountains far away, a certain Gibran is smiling!!! :)

Timothy Hicks

Date: 4/12/2013 3:55:00 AM

I used to have nightmares about this when I was very young... thinking about it would literally keep me up for a couple hours. Perhaps that's not very healthy though... It's good to KNOW you are going to die while at the same DECIDING to live. Good work as usual!

Eileen Manassian
Date: 4/12/2013 4:17:00 AM

Thanks, Timothy...growing up, I lived with the knowledge that my Mama was going to die as she had MS and I had to see her go from bad to worse! One day...she just looked me in the eye and said, "You're scared I'm going to die, aren't you?" My answer....an outburst of tears which she shared! She always tried to shield me from that, but we both knew....Thanks for the post.

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 4/11/2013 8:57:00 AM

Time to live today, death will come soon enough. Well written and all the more reason to enjoy each moment we are afforded.

Eileen Manassian
Date: 4/12/2013 4:16:00 AM

Carpe Diem all the way! Thanks!

Demetrios Trifiatis

Date: 4/11/2013 7:18:00 AM

Well, my dear, the death of this body is the birth of the spirit which free of all limitations and worries and pains of flesh enruptured will live life eternal! WAIT THOUGH YOU HAVE A LOT MORE TIME IN THE FLESH THAT YOU THINK! Good writing, wrong conception! Ha-Ha!

Eileen Manassian
Date: 4/12/2013 4:15:00 AM

My dear poet...thanks for the comforting thought. All the days we live are written in HIS book, before even one of them came to be. I may go sooner than you think! Only He knows...but thanks for the encouragement.

Richard D Seal

Date: 4/11/2013 5:10:00 AM

Bit morbid here Auntie lol I wouldn't worry, it's a realisation that comes to us all. You have plenty of time left. Take care, Richard

Eileen Manassian
Date: 4/12/2013 4:14:00 AM

Thanks, Richard! It isn't so much about the physical death, but the anguish of being part of the living dead with no feelings inside! How are you? Doing well?