Oh Death..

AN: Best read while listening to Jen Titus - Oh Death. I just discovered this song recently, and am head over heels for it. I couldn't help but listen as my brain contemplated a short story to go along with it. Updated; 4/23

Oh death...

It's quick.

Burns like fire, as you fall to your knees.

You look down, speechless--breathless, as the crimson liquid seamlessly oozes out of your skin. Falling to you side, you let out a groan; this is what beckons me from my slumber.

Your laying there; in a back alley, looking up at the street lights. You think back over why you're here, and you scream; but it's inconsequential. No one can hear; only I.

The gunshot wound that was meant for another, is slowly traveling to your heart. You can feel it, now.. can't you? Inch by inch--memories flashing by. Ice cold, breathless--meaningless are the thoughts in your head.

It's the end; you can feel it, can't you? You breathing gets heavier, and the pain; it pierces you..

It grips you, tears you; makes you beg for a release. But there is no eluding me.

No satisfaction to be had, because it is death…

Nothing satisfies it; only your soul.

Your breath hitches, fear striking you; lashing out and gripping you tight. You pray, but it's in vain. One last ditch effort at saving your soul. Death has you, and isn't letting go.

You can scream, you can cry and you can moan.

But nothing will stop the agony, creeping through your bones.

You whisper, the last words that no one will hear; won't you wait just another year?

Another minute, hour, day; it wouldn't make any difference.

It's your time.

You know it, you accept it; yet fear still lies inside your eyes.

It's cold, it's grasp.

You can't see it, but you feel it.

It's blinding; as you watch the gates to the here after open. You heard of a blinding white light; but all there is, is shadows.

They pull you in, and you scream; hoping for some kind of release.

And as the gates close; you wonder who will have mercy on your soul.

I am death; I decide where you will go.

Heaven or hell, as the rules show.

I am death; no one can surpass I.

I am forever; immortal--unseen by any eye.

I am death..

..and the end is here.