Death I: The Fall

They say when you are about to die your entire life passes before your eyes. All the good and bad, right and wrong… everything that made up your sad, pathetic existence comes together in one clear picture. I suppose that could happen…given the right amount of time. I mean what if you were suddenly hit by a speeding car, or struck by lightning? There would barely be enough time to even utter the right obscenity before you were gone, let alone revisit an entire lifetime of pointless events.

Because in the end that is exactly what your life is. So what if you had a little brother anxiously waiting at home for you because you were all he had or a girl you loved all your life that you had never kissed? What did it matter that you were once a great hero of the people, a genius, and savior of mankind? The world would mourn for a day and then others just like you will follow behind.

Why bother dwelling on the past… I spent my whole life doing that. Right now I was content on with just letting go, because after the initial jump there was nothing to it. Rather than frantically freefalling awaiting the inevitable, for me it was more of a relaxing sort of floating. There were no regrets. Although one thought plagued my mind often, they say your heart stops before impact. I desperately hope so, because I can already see the ground.