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Marsal Nigeria
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BETWEEN TWO SILENCES; A POEM ABOUT LIFE AND DEATH.
<p><sub>BEGINNING<br/></sub></p><p><sub>I did not ask to be here.</sub></p><p><sub>No one remembers the door they came through.</sub></p><p><sub>One moment—nothing.</sub></p><p><sub>The next—crying,</sub></p><p><sub>blinking into a world</sub></p><p><sub>too loud, too bright,</sub></p><p><sub>too heavy for such a small soul.</sub></p><p><sub>And yet, that was the beginning.</sub></p><p><sub><br/></sub></p><p><sub><br/></sub></p><p><sub><br/></sub></p><p><sub>LIFETIME </sub></p><p><sub>Life is learning to walk</sub></p><p><sub>on a road with no map.</sub></p><p><sub>We collect moments like coins,</sub></p><p><sub>some shiny, some rusty.</sub></p><p><sub>We build dreams out of nothing,</sub></p><p><sub>chase people, things, and places</sub></p><p><sub>as if they can fill the emptiness</sub></p><p><sub>we don't know how to name.</sub></p><p><sub>We laugh—oh, how beautifully we laugh.</sub></p><p><sub>We love—recklessly, foolishly, deeply.</sub></p><p><sub>We break.</sub></p><p><sub>We heal (or pretend to).</sub></p><p><sub>We call it "living."</sub></p><p><sub><br/></sub></p><p><sub><br/></sub></p><p><sub><br/></sub></p><p><sub>THE TRUTH WE HIDE</sub></p><p><sub>But life is not just sunrise and laughter.</sub></p><p><sub>It is also the hospital corridor at 2 a.m.,</sub></p><p><sub>the phone call you never wanted,</sub></p><p><sub>the "I'm sorry, we did all we could."</sub></p><p><sub>It is watching someone you love</sub></p><p><sub>forget who you are.</sub></p><p><sub>It is being strong in front of the world</sub></p><p><sub>and falling apart in the shower.</sub></p><p><sub>Life is beautiful,</sub></p><p><sub>but it is also brutal.</sub></p><p><sub><br/></sub></p><p><sub><br/></sub></p><p><sub>DEATH</sub></p><p><sub>Ah, death!</sub></p><p><sub>The most certain thing</sub></p><p><sub>in this uncertain world.</sub></p><p><sub>The final appointment</sub></p><p><sub>we all keep.</sub></p><p><sub>No reschedule.</sub></p><p><sub>No second chance.</sub></p><p><sub>No amount of money</sub></p><p><sub>can bribe it away.</sub></p><p><sub>Death is not the villain,</sub></p><p><sub>though we fear it like one.</sub></p><p><sub>It is the silence</sub></p><p><sub>that waits patiently</sub></p><p><sub>at the end of our noise.</sub></p><p><sub>It is the door</sub></p><p><sub>we all must walk through</sub></p><p><sub>alone.</sub></p><p><sub><br/></sub></p><p><sub><br/></sub></p><p><sub><br/></sub></p><p><sub>THE IN-BETWEEN</sub></p><p><sub>So what is life,</sub></p><p><sub>If not the space</sub></p><p><sub>between the first breath</sub></p><p><sub>and the last goodbye?</sub></p><p><sub>A blink.</sub></p><p><sub>A whisper.</sub></p><p><sub>A dream.</sub></p><p><sub>We rush through it</sub></p><p><sub>as if we have time</sub></p><p><sub>to spare.</sub></p><p><sub>But time,</sub></p><p><sub>that thief,</sub></p><p><sub>steals without warning.</sub></p><p><sub>The days become years.</sub></p><p><sub>The laughter becomes memories.</sub></p><p><sub>The people become pictures.</sub></p><p><sub>And we,</sub></p><p><sub>we become stories</sub></p><p><sub>someone will tell</sub></p><p><sub>when we are gone.</sub></p><p><sub><br/></sub></p><p><sub><br/></sub></p><p><sub><br/></sub></p><p><sub>WHAT REMAINS</sub></p><p><sub>You will not be your house.</sub></p><p><sub>You will not be your car.</sub></p><p><sub>You will not be your titles.</sub></p><p><sub>What will remain</sub></p><p><sub>is how you made someone</sub></p><p><sub>feel.</sub></p><p><sub>The kindness you left</sub></p><p><sub>in the heart of a stranger.</sub></p><p><sub>The love you gave</sub></p><p><sub>without expecting</sub></p><p><sub>anything back.</sub></p><p><sub>The truth you spoke</sub></p><p><sub>even when your voice</sub></p><p><sub>trembled.</sub></p><p><sub>That is what outlives you.</sub></p><p><sub>That is what echoes.</sub></p><p><sub><br/></sub></p><p><sub><br/></sub></p><p><sub><br/></sub></p><p><sub>THE END</sub></p><p><sub>So, live.</sub></p><p><sub>Not perfectly,</sub></p><p><sub>but truly.</sub></p><p><sub>Forgive quickly.</sub></p><p><sub>Love deeply.</sub></p><p><sub>Say the things</sub></p><p><sub>you never say.</sub></p><p><sub>Do the things</sub></p><p><sub>you keep postponing.</sub></p><p><sub>Because one day,</sub></p><p><sub>without warning,</sub></p><p><sub>the in-between</sub></p><p><sub>will be over.</sub></p><p><sub>And all that will be left</sub></p><p><sub>is the way</sub></p><p><sub>you lived.</sub></p><p><sub><br/></sub></p><p><sub>Until then,</sub></p><p><sub>breathe.</sub></p><p><sub>Love.</sub></p><p><sub>Let go.</sub></p><p><sub>And when it's time,</sub></p><p><sub>walk through the door</sub></p><p><sub>without fear.</sub></p><p><sub>For death is not the end,</sub></p><p><sub>It is just the end of being seen,</sub></p><p><sub>not the end of being.</sub></p><p><sub><br/></sub></p><p><sub><br/></sub></p><p><sub><br/></sub></p><p><sub>THE LAST WORD</sub></p><p><sub>I do not know what lies beyond.</sub></p><p><sub>No one does.</sub></p><p><sub>But if there is nothing after this,</sub></p><p><sub>then let this be enough.</sub></p><p><sub>Enough love, enough courage, enough meaning</sub></p><p><sub>to say,</sub></p><p><sub>"I was here. I lived. I mattered."</sub></p><p><sub>And if there is something after,</sub></p><p><sub>May we arrive empty of regret and full of peace.</sub></p>

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Between two silences, we borrow a heartbeat. Life teaches us how to live, death reminds us why every moment matters.

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