Open Letter to Death

My Open Letter to Death

I know someday you’ll come and find me

That doesn’t mean I’ll die easily

It's inevitable that my time will come 

I can’t lose sleep worrying about the day you’ll come

Will you take me awake or in my sleep?

When I’m dreaming of a life that you'll take from me

Will it be by suicide or completely corrupt my mind?

Until I no longer understand that there is purpose in life

I admit it I hate you, I despise you and I’d spit on you if I could see you

Don’t get it wrong, that doesn't mean that I’m scared of you

I know someday you’ll come find me 

That doesn’t mean you can take me quietly

The pain you bring, the hearts that you break

You should be incinerated from the hate our souls generate

So why haven’t you come to get me?

Are you avoiding me, scared of me or just flat out hate me?

I’m just trying to live my life and make the most of it

You’ll probably strip me of it just as I start loving it

When the day comes for you to take me I won’t be torn

Death comes for all of us, I’ll just be reborn

Author's Note

Please rate and review.... kind of wrote in a little bit of poetry/rap form... let me know your thoughts.

Reviews

[Christopher Casper]

I think all of us have these thoughts about death. Though it can be maddening if we question ourselves about it for too long. I like the message that even though it is inevitable and will happen to all of us, that doesn't mean you are going to just give in.

[AaronFreitas]

You make a good point... it is inevitable. I think at at times in life everyone starts to think about death and after life and what is real and what is not. Thanks for the review... appreciate it!

[AprilRN1210]

I like the determined, headstrong tone of this piece.. As we get older, we all start to question life in general and try and understand and come to terms with our mortality.. it is something that is easily relate-able... It did feel more like a letter to death, than a rap (for me).. the lines I really liked because of the flow of due to the rhyming within the rhyme and the message is:
"The pain you bring, the hearts that you break
You should be incinerated from the hate our souls generate".....

overall, I say well done my friend..

[AprilRN1210]

**meant rhyming within the lines** grrr.. stinking keyboard..

[AaronFreitas]

Haha thank you my friend! And it's great to see you on here :) Thanks for the review

[AprilRN1210]

you're welcome, it was my pleasure.. always nice to see you as well.

[Lizardo]

We know that someday we will all die but hopefully go to heaven.
but at the same time, we all know that death is not going to take us easily.
Amazing poem!

[AaronFreitas]

Thank you Lizardo.... I've seen some other letters to death now and I love how different everyones thoughts are.

[W R Stowe]

Wow this is deep, I wrote a Letter to Mr Death did you ever see it? Pretty much the same way of thinking and I dreamed for years on end of falling to my death from the mountain on a motor cycle and basically its why I shy ed away from them to this day

[AaronFreitas]

I don't believe I have seen it. I will check it out. Wow that is crazy... I used to always dream of dying by way of my lungs just stop working I stop breathing.

[Roshan Nair]

The poetry/rap you've created has a great energy to it, its birthed this undying spirit in it of man's willingness to battle his mortality, even if it means to take the battle to the next life. Great flow aaron, its seamless, bet it comes to be a great rap. cheers!

[AaronFreitas]

Thank you for your kind words... your review reminds me of a movie I just watched last week called Fallen with Denzel Washington... I didn't think about it when I wrote this but I'm sure some thoughts from that movie were still in there somewhere. It's about demons spreading from person to person and basically it can't be killed. Thanks for the review!

[Roshan Nair]

You've got me curious now man, will check it out !

[AaronFreitas]

It's worth it... it's one of his older movies but I had never seen it... pretty good movie though.

[~]

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[~]

You have been thinking a lot of death lately.. may I ask why?
A great poem full of vivid imagery.

[AaronFreitas]

Well my grandma died two weeks ago.... my grandpa on the other side was in the hospital and he tells me at times ahhh I'm ready to go. Then a woman who was amazing and the mother to someone I consider a good friend passed away. She had a long battle with cancer and to see her fight was something else. So usually when I am around death like that it floods my dreams and I have horrible nightmares and I guess to write about it helps. I'm not suicidal or anything just been seeing a lot around my life and just seeing the hurt and pain death causes is hard at times. So it's been a little crazy. And I wrote it kind of thinking of it in a way like the movie Final Destination and how it comes to take you... one way or another it will. I'll write something beautiful for ya moonskittles :)

[~]

ohhhhhhhhhh ... I am sorry about your grandma. She sounds like a wonderfully kind and warm person.

[AaronFreitas]

Thank you moonskittles :) Question for you now... if you could pick any topic for me to write on which would it be...

[~]

ahh :) good question. But I like all the topics, so anything that inspires you, I'd be happy to read.

[AaronFreitas]

Got it... I might post something I write soon... :) thanks for reading my work I appreciate you :)

[Sister_lister]

This reminds me of the quote by Charles Bukowski, "We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that death will tremble to take us." It's a great poem and cool concept.

[AaronFreitas]

That is an awesome quote... thanks for sharing that! Thank you for the review I appreciate it :)

[SquinklaPsyOps]

Hi Aaron

I really like the poem you wrote and the message and I think that death is a natural process

And that persons that die in tragic deaths before their time they become lost ghosts

And that those ignorant lost ghosts are turned into demons when they try to mimic what persons imagine such as cartoon characters of skulls

Because those lost ghost want to use those moments to try to scare persons because dead spirits actually dont have any powers unless they left behind published original literature immortality for persons to remember them

Lets start writing some novels for persons to remember us Dear Writer

[AaronFreitas]

Awesome thoughts.... it reminded me of the movie Casper... haha I just watched it about a week ago. Thanks for the review :) Message me

[♥ Ari Skye ♥]

I really liked this piece, but my favorite is the last line. Mostly because it's so very true. When we die, really we are reborn. Into a new life, at least that's what I believe.
You did a fantastic job here. & I love how you refer to death, as if it were a being.
Nicely done, my friend!

[AaronFreitas]

Thank you Ashley... I thought it would be fun to do this piece :)

[♥ Ari Skye ♥]

It was fun to read! You are welcome!!

[GreenEyedPoet]

Interesting idea for a poem, and it does have a bit of a flow to it. It was an enjoyable read, great job Aaron.

[AaronFreitas]

Thank you Green Eyed Poet.... appreciate the review :)