A Friend Called Death

Imagine that point when you realise you’re dying

Freefalling and crying

There’s no going back

Just you and this black hole ready to swallow you up

You don’t know what’s next

And the fear grips your heart

You no longer see

You no longer breathe

And you’re falling

Ever-falling

You don’t know what you’ll hit

You don’t know if you’ll hit

Or if you’ll just keep on falling

Will it be smooth

Or is it gonna hurt

And when you get to the other side

Will you cry for those ones you left behind

‘cause it must be kind of difficult

They lose just you

But you lose them all

But then there’s all the ones that went before

Will they be there holding the door

And when you think about this

Like sit and truly think about this

Does the thought shit you up

Does it scare you into paralysis

Or does it excite you

‘cause this ain’t reality

This is a world full of falsehood and misinterpretations

A place full of lies

A place full of shine

And disguise

A place that deceives and then leaves

You see when you die that’s real reality

That’s where you’re gonna be forever-more

What if you sleep and don’t wake up

What if it’s kind of like an adrenalin rush

What if it chokes you and breaks you

What if the fear of knowing it’s here

Is what actually takes you

You have no control

Unlike everything else in life

This is the one thing that is guaranteed

From the moment we wake in this world

Yet the one thing we know nothing about

I hope that death will be my friend

I want to embrace it

Walk with it

Not try and run away from it

I want death to be my ultimate goal

Even though it is my inevitable fate.

Insha’Allah.