Sheila Sykes

I was so shocked when I heard the news of my brother's sudden death.
I was so devastated I nearly lost my breath.
Death's impact is just like the weather;
you never know how it is going to be.
Death has no chauvinism,
the next time it may strike you;
or it may even strike me.
Death hits like lightning, it's fierce, it's frightening.
Death taught me how to cherish those whom I hold so dear,
it showed me how not to take life for granted,
and how to show others how much I care.
Death is a subject that no one wants to talk about,
some try to avoid it,
some become silent,
and some even walk out.
But just as sure as we are born,
we will surely die;
I hope by sharing my own experience
it will help to dry someone else's weeping eyes.