Underdeveloped Concepts of Death
A child's nightmare
Consists of evil beings
And scary faces
That supposedly inspire fear...
But, a child does not know
Death nor
Blood nor
Violence nor
Evil.
What then, does the child fear
If not death?
Then again,
What is Death
But the unknown!
Do children fear the unknown?
If so, then
Why do they seem
To embrace It with open arms?
Perhaps this underdeveloped concept of Death
That toys with us in the early stages of our lives
Is the only truth
And the only lie
We will ever need
In order to keep us alive long and pointlessly enough until we, Death's theatre,
Cease
To be entertaining
And
Die.
Copyright © Gael Attal | Year Posted 2009
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