What is death, if it is not, the cruel prankster
that pulls the rug from beneath your feet?
If it is not, the violented safety of your apartment
complex? It comes and goes as it pleases.
What is death, if it is a sweet dream,
just waiting for you to be woken up?
If it is the Heaven or the Hell you believe in?
If it calls on a person, telling you 'they're dead'?
What is death, if it is peace?
If it is the end of pain and suffering.
If it rest from old age...?
If it is life in a spiritual plain?
What is death, if it is beauty?
The life of death, and the death of life.
What is death, if it is the silhouette of a
woman dressed in white, ready to embrace you?
© Nkazimulo Mvemve
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GRADE 12
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