Death

Scared of dying?

Yes of course 

But when it came 

It was like nothing 

I had ever experienced before

The human tongue does not

Have the fluidity of movement

To explain the feelings

The human brain lacks the 

Vision to comprehend the 

Intellectuality of it all

The human heart 

Has not the capacity 

To render the emotions

To any reliable degree of accuracy 

And even the elusive soul 

Was lost in its inability

To accept the true nature

Of what was happening 

And of all the religions of

Man not one came close 

To the exquisiteness

Of death, the incredible hush

The remarkable insight

The utter fulfilment 

And completeness.  

Reviews

[Philip Muls]

Intriguing why you use very positive words like exquisiteness, fulfilment and completeness when describing death. Intriguing and very counterintuitive.

As someone who is troubled by the thought of death, this triggers something in me. A curiousness. Does he know more then I do ? Has he seen it ?

I'd love to understand where this angle came from.

[Irwin]

Thank you Philip for stopping by and taking the time to comment. It is unlikely that I know anything more than anyone else about death but I see no point in talking the experience down and as a species we are somewhat limited in our abilities to comprehend and understand 'things' beyond our fragile existence; space, time, the universe, death are all things we pretend to 'understand' but in truth we make up what we don't know. All I did was try to envisage the state of death no doubt failing miserably in the process!

[Relic]

Hopefully you're right Irwin. Death is probably the biggest mystery known to man and everyone wonders what it entails. Hopefully there is a reward at the end we ca all rejoice over when our time comes. Great writing as usual Irwin. Good to see an old face again. It seems like everyone here is new.

[Irwin]

Thank you for the comment. I haven't been on here for a while and I am only just getting back into the habit of posting and as you say, lots of new faces, which i guess is a good thing. Nice to hear from you.

[wordman]

sounds like a natural thing to do,but i see you came back,to try and explain

[Irwin]

Very natural and yes I felt I had to return and haunt a few places.