"Love and Death Slow Dancing"

“Love and Death Slow Dancing”
Love and death,
Manifests from the same light,
Occurs in the same life.

I am asked why I want to die
and I speak from the heart when I say
“to end the suffering”.
The suffering that is a result of passionate love.
Passionate love for connection,
Passionate love for escapism,
Passionate love for belonging.

I am asked why I want to die
and I speak from the heart when I say
“My body’s love for drugs is stronger than my will to live”.
Addiction is dangerous
but when addiction befriends love,
It becomes deadly.

I am a walking corpse,
Awaiting life’s most intimate experience,
Death.
- D.H.