Lullaby Called Death

blood flows from my body
running crimson and cold

all around me
dark liquid that once sustained me
dissolves into dry earth

blackness fills my eyes
darkness shields me
wounds no longer hurt
feeling numb
frightened yet peaceful
it is time to sleep
to dream for eternity

i am a naive little child
who believes in Santa Claus and Super Heroes

one day I will hear truth
then the fragile window
the one I saw the world through
shatters into tiny pieces
leaving my soul exposed

the pain blows in
like a foul wind in my sails
tearing my sail to shreds
leaving me stranded on a ship of illusions
adrift in an endless sea of terror and loneliness

i cry out
only to be heard by white drifting seagulls
they answer
only to say it is time to let go

holding on to the edge
finally I realize
there is nothing left to hold onto

letting go
descending in a slow glide
like an anchor
to it’s final resting place

the water is deep and black
it swallows me gracefully
taking me to the bottom of its soul
cradling me in its icy dissolution
singing me a lullaby called death
a sweet and sorrowful melody
that beckons me to its depths

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