In the Wake of Anam's Wake, a Short Story About Death
...because, maybe, death needs to die too.
It’ll knock. And when it does, it doesn’t give you a choice to open the door. Death will enter the room, take a corner seat where it can see everyone and the feelings written on their faces, and wait to be served tea. It doesn’t put sugar in its tea, death.
Death won’t use a coaster. It will leave a mark on the table. Then it will leave you with the weight of grief. A weight you will carry for the rest of your life. A weight that might get lighter with time, but that’s not exactly a guarantee.
It’ll not talk to you, because why should it? Death wants to see the family egos put to the test and their secrets revealed. It wants to see the world burn and doesn’t deal with the consequences that come with that.
It’ll take the person you love and leave you to live with the emptiness. To live with that hurt. Death will teach you how to be numb, to never see the beauty in life. It will show you how to hide your emotions - to never express joy and to never feel loss. It will start killing you slowly.
One day, death will die too.