Someone Once Said (Don't Sweat the Afterlife)

it's not that death is not near
or that there is no pain
it's really that when
there is pain
(because -- holy shit, there is a
fuckload of pain in this world)
there is also a way out

it may be a slow
and seemingly merciless way out
but there is an out
it only happens when you die

the thing is
all the memories
and seasons in between
is a bitter reminder
of the end

an end
we will have forgotten
as soon as it happens