Shall I Go Gently? By Lynn White

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I’ve always been indecisive

and I’m still undecided

but soon

I will have to choose

whether to build my ship,

and furnish it

comfortably

and sail with you

gently

into the dark

into oblivion

gently

or to rage and fight

scratch and bite

kick and scream

so that you have to drag me

to where I will not follow

gently

into oblivion

into the darkness

the inevitability

of the end

whichever way I choose.

First published in Light Journal, Finishing, September 2019