To Live Or Not Not To Live Poem by abdirahman haaji rilwaan

As I stand to await a fall
A quivering decision lies within my feet
To fall will be to end a life of misery
So why is it I stand to deliver
What seem to be my last words
I lived a life where I endured such pain
As I watched the change in the sky
As the leaves of the trees in autumn
Were demolished in the air
I watched every part of my soul
Scatter with the changing seasons
As the spring bought a refreshing light
That bloomed into existence hope
For an instance my heart felt at ease
I began to recall all the happiness
I once knew to be my own
As I came closer to the end
The pain was not physical
Rather an emotional tenderness
To procrastinate
The inevitable
That is death