One final day on this earth is special
I'll visit a church or temple to pray
Maybe a bribe to get a ticket to heaven
It's a relief for my broken and lonely heart
No more battles to fight to survive another day
No more worries to live through the pain
I'll try to see the sunrise that I rarely see
I'll tell the sun to be gentle on me that day
I'll walk through the park for one last walk
I'll let the shower be my last rainfall
And the crushed ice be my last snow
I'll throw stones in a nearby stream
I'll write poems from my sweet memories
I'll write an obituary for myself and send
It to a digital newspaper for publishing
I don't have many people to meet or call
I'll rather leave short goodbye messages
With the hope of meeting again somewhere
I'll hail a taxi and travel around for a while
To see the places I love, near where I live
To bid adieu to the long walks I used to have
I'll spend some time in my vegetable garden
I'll water my plants and treat them with manure
I'll request someone to look after my garden
I'll throw away the medicines that control me
And try to sleep on my own for seeing dreams
I'll try to wake up to the nightmares of my past
If there is a beach nearby, I will go there
Walk on the sands and play with the waves
I hope I would last until the glorious sunset
If not, I will go to a hill for a final trek
To breathe the misty air from the trees
And embrace the clouds on the grass
I would cook myself a spicy last dinner
With a dessert, I loved from my childhood
And one last toast to myself with a wine
I hope I will see my loved ones waiting for me
Like my grandfather saw his, in the death bed
I'll go with them without any regrets and sorrow
This poem is based on #journalingprompt 'What would you do if you knew you had one day left to live?' The next poems in this series are What After Death? and Another Life? .
