death is afraid of you

[This is my 69th post on this blog. Youpi.]

"death is afraid of you"

another (macro)minimalism

by antoine.

your life is a road you just

keep walking forward and

you can never look back

you just

keep walking forward

toward death and

death walks away as you

approach because

death is afraid of you.

the more confidence you

have in your stride

the more fear you will

instill and the faster

death will run away

from you because

death is afraid of you.

if you tell yourself

you are not afraid of death

but rather

death is afraid of you

he will hear you and

he will pick up

the pace and just

keep walking forward.

but sooner or later you

will begin to feel

as if you have

mistaken and you will

wonder what death has

in store and you will

fear him and he will

sense your fear he can

smell your fear he knows

when you let your

guard down and he will

turn around.

you can't help it it's just

in your nature everyone

has been taught that

death is to be feared.

sooner or later you

will do something you

feel is wrong and you

will want to undo it so

you will stop

dead in your

tracks and

stifle and

turn around.

you will try to walk

back to fix your mistakes

but when you turn around

you find nothing but

a mirror a reflection

of yourself blocking

your path and you will only

see your past self

fucking up and

it will hurt you.

you will try to

get back through you will

try to smash the mirror and

pound your fists against

the mirror and

kick and punch and

yell and scream at the mirror

but the mirror will not break

you can never go back

and you will cry

and you will wish you had

not fucked up

quite so bad.

this has happened

to you already.

as you remember

you can feel

the pain the stinging

the heartbreak.

and perhaps now

you turn around

again to wallow

in the misery

your memory the faulty

camera in your mind

but this is

when you let your

guard down and death

will know.

death is afraid of you

but when he feels

your fear death musters up

the courage to fight back.

death says i am

bigger than this and

he will turn around

and start walking

back toward you.

death will take

the opportunity when you are

crying silently

or gazing through

the mirror of your past

when you pause

eyes closed

head down

death hurries swiftly back

and ever so quietly

sneaks up behind you

and taps you on the back and

death will take

your misery away.

[Posted 12:52. That's 20 minutes. Not bad.]