I hear the gunshot, I do not see
The bullet but I know it’s coming
Aimed to perforate my skull
They say your life flashes, once death’s
Shadow is on your tail and grips you in
Your terror’s wake. I have 0.05 seconds
To let my spirit divulge the entirety
Of my fickle existence on this earth
A fraction of a second is enough
The moments in our life that matter, when
You cut away the excess, the lazy days that
We lay waste, not knowing time’s hot sands
Were slipping through our ignorant fingertips
Those true moments that define us are but truly
A flash of frozen time. A solemn stream of consciousness
Broken shards of memory, crippling like autumn leaves
Beneath my foot. I feel my soul drown in those regrets
I feel them like never before, tiny needles that pierce
The thin skin that layers me like a warm winter blanket
I’m drowning in a beautiful mirage of a life that might’ve
Blossomed had I made the right choices