WARNING: THE THREE STAGES OF DEATH
People don’t want to talk about death,
And I get that totally
We lose friends and fam and it’s painful and horrible
As a dad, it makes me sick, the thought of not being here for my girls
We’ve a tendency to try and deny it
But what do they say? ‘𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘢𝘹𝘦𝘴?’
So rather than trying to pretend it won’t happen,
I try and use it as leverage,
𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 – 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥, 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥, 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 - 𝗪𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞
You might still be ‘𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦’, but emotionally you’re drained and devoid of life
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 - 𝗪𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮
It’s the death most people fear, because we think it signifies the ‘𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭’ end
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 - 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞
When whatever legacy you brought to the world, had finally been forgotten.
𝐌𝐲 𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲:
The physical death we most fear, is the one least frightening…
We 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 for a period of time 𝐁𝐄𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄 and 𝐀𝐅𝐓𝐄𝐑 that second death
And I see a simple stepping stone to making that ‘𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵’
𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 – 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐠𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝
You’ve more energy to chase your dreams and enjoy your loves
Being a role model that they admire and copy
And because you lived and loved whilst your heart was beating
Your light continued to shine for many decades beyond
For your legacy was great
All because you 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐆𝐎𝐓 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐃!