Death

• Meher Mangat, Grade 9
• Poetry
• 2018

Time goes faster than we can think.
The tick-tock noise of the clock goes too fast to possibly hear.
As old age creeps closer than we can touch.
As the fear of death arises in our minds, until we wait.
The sense of happiness goes faster than we can feel.
As we take our last breaths, there is complete darkness in our minds.
But yet we fail to understand that there is still some time.
So may I ask, why are we scared of death?
Why don’t we live life as it comes?
As a society why do we fear the uncertainty of tomorrow?
Why do we get stuck to our phones with complete despair?
Why don’t we spend time with our families instead?
After all, if we are that scared of death, why don’t we cherish every moment we have.
Life is a gift, so cherish it.
So be happy and live life, before you run out of time.