LETTER TO THE DEAD

Are you guys really dead?

Or we are the dead ones to you,

Because I know death is not dying,

But just a mere exit to a better living,

How do you all cope with death while missing all the pleasures of life,

Or is there a greater pleasure in the afterlife,

Do you guys miss your loves ones like they miss you,

Or you just feel sad because they are still stuck in this imperfect world,

Is the grave really a cold place,

Do you perceive the smell when your body decay,

Do you ever wish to come back or you wish you had left earlier than you did,

Do you feel sad that you're dead or you feel happy that you've achieved eternal life, immortality

What happens to your wishes and dreams,

Do they die with you or they are finally accomplished,

When you become ghosts, why don't you come back home to live,

Do you still remember or you forget your family,

Do celebrities, Royals, and wealthy people have a special place prepared for them when they die,

Or as death is the same for all men so are our places equal in the afterlife,

What happens to you guys when you're finally forgotten by all in the land of the living,

Does your existence depends on your memories in the land of the living,

If death is opposite life and heaven is the opposite of hell,

Why don't the living and the dead coexist here on earth as Heaven and hell do over there,

I used to think laughter was the best medicine,

But it's death who truly cures and heals one from everything.

- Okoro Favour Alexander.