Monday, October 25, 2010

A flash of Life

Flash of Life

I stood on the train tracks in the dead of the night

I had been nothing more than an utter failure and an embarrassment to all

As a youngster all that I touched turned to Gold but all luck is short lived,

As the years passed on all that I touched withered and died.

And at an age to be happy I felt empty and anonymous in society

So I decided to call it quits.

I drove to the darkest spot I could find

A spot where nobody could find me get near the tracks.

As I stood there I watched the speeding train approach me.

As it was about to strike I closed my eyes in the fear of death

And then it happened, I had a vision of all the years of my life

I watched the years go by in a blink of an eye

I remembered every single moment in my life

My first bicycle, my first day at college, my first bike,

My first kiss, all those times spent with friends,

All those vacations I took with family and friends.

And then I remembered how much more pain I would be causing all by this act

But before I could think anymore I was hit by the train.

I felt a thud and I watched my body get thrown like a ragdoll

Across the tracks all bloodied and destroyed.

I watched it as a soul who had committed a major sin in life.

I had thought of none other than myself

And had caused far more pain

And just then I realised that my soul couldn’t carry on

The death of my human form was unnatural

And hence I roam about in this world

A spirit stuck between worlds

A spirit which cannot carry on.

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