Elephant in the room

[.... dare we talk about it?]

The common view is that it's bad....

... it's wrong.... 

and we mustn't think about it

..... mustn't talk about it.

But the more I open up

and talk to others about it

the more I find that..... 

they're thinking about it too!

The dread thought!

..... the act that would take me to nought.

The thing that scares each one of us

is that we don't want pain.... 

I guess that we don't want pain 

.... in living.... or in dying

Living is a wonderful thing.... 

.... but when living is a constant 

and seemingly unending experience of pain

.... then it ceases to be a wonderful thing 

and becomes an endless torment. 

Dying is always portrayed as violent

.... painful..... to be fought against...
Why?  Why can't death be peaceful .... calm ...

..... death is part of life... 

        We will all die.... 

Why should death be seen as bad? 

Let's plan for death as a part of our life! 

.... embrace the coming end
Lets make it good! ... a time of peace ....

Share the memories of the good parts

and make this part of life 

...... a good part too.

© Ian Croft July 2019