Poems

Panic

(Written on 28-3-21)

They tell me to breathe and take deep breaths

Little do they know, I'm leading them to their deaths

The universe came to me one night and said

"Your job will now be to guide the dead

To be indifferent, to be cold

To take the souls from the young and the old"

I always followed orders, I never disagreed

That was the fate given to me

I took them to their resting place day after day

Some pleaded, said that they did good, and it shouldn't end this way

Others were indifferent and had nothing to say...

I always did it, I led them here-

I watched their souls disappear

Always, ALWAYS going to the same fate, I always did it, always...

No matter what any person says...

Why? Why do this? Why is this my fate? Why lead the souls of the world to their doom?

My breathing quickens, I look around the room-

It's spinning, they tell me to breathe, but, do I deserve to?

I trick the dead, I lie to them,

I make them believe I am their friend...

But the outcome is the same. They poof and it makes my heart ache...

I am falling now, my eyes are closing. I need to sleep, but will I ever wake?

I quake in terror but realize

In the land of the living, everyone dies

But I can't do that here, no matter how hard I try...

My fate is inescapable, so why even bother to cry...

I will keep on going with my fate

No matter my mental state...

I will wake up, and guide these souls,

No matter what the toll

I deserve all of what I see

So no more panic, no more frenzy

That is my reality...