STORY STARTER
Write a diary entry of a terminally ill patient.
Does this character feel fear, calm, sadness? What might they articulate to a private diary entry?
My Love
Do not cry for me, my love, for now I know no pain.
The cloaked one called my name, my love, and I answered with a smile.
Death took my hand, my love, and She is beautiful.
All these years of internal torment now silent, the shadow that once cast a darkness over my eyes now turns into light in an instant.
She takes me into Her embrace.
And I quieten.
My withering heart beats once, twice,
Gone.
Do not mourn for me, my love, rejoice in the knowledge that I am at peace.
Look up to the stars, my love.
And find me waiting for you, in another life.