Death is a mysterious thing. People are always scared of it, but it seems that they are only afraid of it because it is unknown. As a kid, I had always been stupidly curious about a lot of things like most children are. However, my parents always seemed to rebuke this part of human nature for some reason, as if they were nervous about standing out. Well, I grew up too. I learned that humans are emotional creatures, and most are stubborn to a fault. However, they are fascinating, as is all life. When I turned into an adult, I didn’t lose my curiosity. I didn’t, as people say, ‘grow out of it’. Rather it grew to become an important part of me, admittedly a part that caused me to do stupid things.

So one day I wondered, what was after death? Some say heaven, reincarnation or nothing at all. Some say that after death lies the truth, convinced that they live in some sort of imitation of the true world. So, I had made up my mind. I was going to die. Of course, because I decided to die I had to go out in the coolest way possible…via old age. I mean, dying is super scary right? What if nothing is after that? I can’t come back, it’s a one-way road for all I know. So yup! I’ve decided. I’m going to go out via old age!

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Just before death

Well, I guess this is it. I had thought that it would feel weird or something, but I can’t feel it coming. Well I can, but instead of feeling anything it’s more like feeling nothing. As my vision fades to black, I think over my life. Most of my life was fun, with only a few bad parts like when my parents and my cat Tabitha died. I had traversed a lot of the earth, scaling my fair share of mountains and exploring the darkest depths of the oceans (although no one believed that I saw the kraken…). I don’t regret anything in my life, and I think that I look forward to whatever comes next, no matter what it may be.

As I reminisce about my life, my vision fades and turns to black…