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Sunday, September 22, 2013

Last Road

Long time passed since... the day when I took life
Time passed without me noticing or feeling.
Now, the hourglass of my life it’s about to break.
The sand from the hourglass is not flowing anymore.
I look at the clear sky and see how suddenly dark grey clouds gather.
A strong wind started to blow.
Drops of rain started to fall on my face… 
I lay there without moving waiting for my death to come.
A lightning... followed by a thunder disturbed the silence of my death.

I’m asking myself... “Is the sky really crying after me?”
In just few seconds after this thought, it started to rain even stronger.
“I think I didn’t live for nothing, if even the sky is crying my death...”
I look up for the last time
I close my eyes...
Memories start showing up in my mind, like an old movie.
This is who I used to be...
After each memory, I feel a pain in my heart and a tear goes down my face.
I'll never get to be that person again.

When I got to the end of the old movie, 
The memories ended.
“His” image was printed in my mind.
It was time to make it right.
I couldn't go back in the past and give him his life back.
But sooner of later I knew I would have to pay for that life.
I looked at the hourglass for the last time… 
Suddenly a lightning hit it and smashed in pieces.

An unbearable pain in that moment took over me,
It was the last pain I thought I will feel as human.
Closing my eyes with a smile on my lips, 
I realized I didn’t feel anything anymore.
Why?
Because my life has already ended.

-English Translation of "Ultimul Drum" (Last Road) one of my previous poems originally written in Romanian. I tried to translate it the best I could to not lose the meaning behind the words. This marked by one of the accidents in my past. Changed me in who I am today.