Dear death

Dear Death,

I hope you read this slow

I’ve seen your face in glass and snow

In empty eyes and crooked frames

In every echo that knew my name

You hover near but never speak

Just touch the ribs that feel too weak

You took my friends, you stole my peace

Left scars in places sleep won’t reach

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They say you’re peace, they say you’re sleep

But all I see is silence steeped

In shadows thick and choking still

A grave you dig with quiet will

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Are you mercy, or are you pain?

A thief in night, or summer rain?

Do you listen when we cry out loud?

Or just fade us in a nameless shroud?

I ain’t scared, but I ain’t numb

I just wanna know if you’re proud of what you’ve done

So when you come for me—come right

’Cause I’ve got questions I’ll scream into the night

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Dear Death,

I’ve met your messengers

In pills, in blades, in slurred whispers

You dress in grief, wear suits of ash

And make the bravest souls collapse

They paint you soft in books and prayer

But I’ve seen what’s really there

A hunger with no face or name

That chews through love and leaves the blame

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If you’re a promise, where’s the peace?

If you’re a cure, why don’t we heal?

You kiss us cold, you break us clean

You turn the brightest minds unseen

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Are you mercy, or are you pain?

A thief in night, or summer rain?

Do you listen when we cry out loud?

Or just fade us in a nameless shroud?

I ain’t scared, but I ain’t numb

I just wanna know if you’re proud of what you’ve done

So when you come for me—come right

’Cause I’ve got questions I’ll scream into the night

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Dear Death, if you’re listening still

Know I’ve walked to your windowsill

But I stepped back, not ‘cause of fear

But ‘cause there’s still some love left here

I ain’t your puppet, ain’t your prey

I bleed but I won’t fade away

So when you knock, I won’t run

I’ll light a candle, face the sun

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Dear Death,

Maybe we’ll meet one day

But I won’t beg, I won’t decay

Till then I’ll live like every breath

Is one more letter you never get