The Last Moment We Keep

My heart beats like the steady rhythm of waves caressing the sand

The grass beneath me still cool & damp from mornings fragile dew

I lay with eyes closed

The suns warmth embracing me as a child of its own

Soothed by a gentle breeze and nothing but the sounds of birds chirping in the distance

No amount of science or money could convince me the sky was falling

My world held no doubt or fear

No hatred or pain

Only the sweet breath of serenity to envelope my existence

And yet, the sky was falling

Crashing down around me with the rage of an angry god

Taking back the gifts he bestowed

All was as a muffled buzzing too low to register

I am blind to the cracks in the blue or the falling clouds around me

I am deaf to the screams of terror as the world splits in pieces

I feel nothing of the quivering ground beneath me

Ready to give way at any moment

As if I’d been preparing for this moment all my life

And had chosen this place in the grass to bring peace at the end of the world

I know my time is coming

The air will turn solid and rip the breath from my lungs

The ground will cave under my weight and bury me alive

The clouds will fill and grow cold

Raining down deadly shards of ice to pierce through my body

I know this, but I stay

My eyes still closed and my feet buried in the grass

Toes and fingers curling around each blade

Feeling the suns warmth on my skin that is no longer there

Maybe these memories will stay with me when I am gone

Maybe the last moments of the world are all we get to keep

This is the moment I’ve chosen to keep

I want the sun, the breeze, the grass, to live on in me forever.