Death

a poem by Samrajni Ganguly

I am death
I am the closest thing to eternity
I am your sinkage
Into the soft cushion of nothingness
I am the propulsion
From a world of confusion
To a world of tranquility
Everything comes to an end before me
Life stands still with my advent
I am the most prominent face of futility
I am the face of the sorcerer
I am death

I am death
I am the choiceless pain
Lingering overhead like hanging daggers
As long as life lasts
I am the least wanted
Yet the biggest truth in the Universe
Whoever you are, however you are, wherever you are
You are never too far from me
The farther you try to move
The closer you come to being called dead
Sometimes birth is uncertain
But I am the face of absolute certainty
I am the face of the sorcerer
I am death.