Are you scared to death to live
Or are you scared to live
Because you know you will die?
If there was no one to observe the universe
Would it cease to exist as we know it?
If a tree falls in a forest but
No one is around to hear it scream,
It still thuds and the ground still rumbles,
It’s just that no one feels it.
So perhaps you are so obsessed with
Letting people know you are here
Because you know you could die
And no one would see the stars of your life collapse,
Feel the rumble of your loss of life.
It is possible to go away, quietly,
Unnoticed, leave things unchanged-
No one to mourn your loss
or to question higher powers
Over the lack of your presence
Or to tell your stories.
How terrifying it is to think
The universe in my mind could go away with me.
anikaness 