"There are so many ways to die.  Yet in the end,
the face of death remains the same."


Stumbling drunk down a dark alleyway
Puking uncontrollably, I fall down.

Lying unconscious in oblivion
Choking in the darkness on my vomit.

My last moments on earth, unknown to me
For my finality is absolute.
*~~*~~*~~*

Dying in my bed, a withered old man
No one here beside me, I am alone.

Darkness closing around me, gasping breaths
Tears of loneliness streaming from my eyes.

My entire life flashing before me now
For my finality is absolute.
*~~*~~*~~*

Sitting here, I'm contemplating the end
The gun in my hand pressed against my head.

Life has become a sorted misfortune
My finger pulls tight around the trigger.

Splattered essence on the wall behind me
For my finality is absolute.
*~~*~~*~~*

Attacked in a park, by myself at night
Beaten and stabbed, I am left there dying.

A pool of blood growing large beneath me
I'm fading to black while clinging to hope.

Life passes by me like thoughts lost in time
For my finality is absolute.
*~~*~~*~~*

Lying here in a cold hospital room
Kept alive by life support equipment.

A continuous beep shatters the night
My eyes open with one last look of fear.

The words "code blue," resounding through my head
For my finality is absolute.
*~~*~~*~~*

December twenty-first, two thousand-twelve
Planets align, the earth snaps suddenly.

Massive tidal waves plummet the planet
Nothing can save us as we wash away.

We cry out in our last moment of life
for our finality is absolute.
*~~*~~*~~*


"There is a price attached to the lives
we live.  And in the end when that price
comes due... finality is absolute."