now is the time
after the darkness

a time when everything
that ever was
all that led me here
is gone

anger is gone
so is sadness
and joy

now is the time
of death

yet
there is no grief
or fury
and
neither is there relief
or recompense
it’s all gone

only the stark
unambiguous reality
of death
remains

any semblance
or remnant
of that foul stench of dying
lingers no longer

gone
is the foreboding
gone
is the dread
gone
are the hopes
and dark dreams
they’re all dead

everything
it’s all gone
and i am not afraid

m(___)m

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