LIFE’S LESSONS

 

she ran down the alley in fear

breathing heavily and gasping 

she dipped her hand into her purse but felt nothing 

her inhaler was part of what was robbed from her 

slowly she sinked to the ground in despair

her heart beating faster as she gradually lose air 

she knew someday, this asthma will be the end of her 

and here she is, at the crossroad in the dead of night 

air already short, her chest bulging

slowly she closed her eyes, never to be opened again 

the bullet hit him in the gang shoot out 

he barely escaped from the scene 

blood already streaming through his chest 

eyes already going squint as he struggles to keep up 

he dragged himself towards the neighbors trash can 

falling heavily on the bins, faced up 

his life flashes before his eyes as a tear drop

he knew it’s over already, he no longer feel his legs 

“I’m sorry mama, I’m sorry I made you cry”

his eyes slowly shut as the whole world goes silent 

on her hospital death bed she lay 

reflecting slowly on how she spent her life 

as proud as she wasn’t, she cried slowly 

regretting the opportunities she turned down 

the road she refused to thread 

regrets and anguish overwhelms her 

she slowly turns her head and gaze through the window 

the sky is blue and birds are hovering 

“this is the perfect time to die” she said 

she slowly stretched her weak hand and switched off the life support 

after the first beep, she didn’t hear the next 

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8:52am

23 June 2024