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Moments before death

Moments before death

No to-do lists. No important business. No homework. No rush to conquer the world. Just light and peace.

T Hassan August 04, 2012

Screeching tires. A blood curdling scream. A crash.

Silence.

Laughter. Small hands holding on tight. The world going round and round. Grass. Hair. A hill. Joy.

Sirens.

Whispers. A touch. A look. Bliss.

Running.

“Mommy, catch me!”

Feet stomping. Squeals of delight. A hug.

Beep. Beep. Beep.

Sunset. Sand. Water. Family. Serenity.

“We are going to lose her.”

Light. And peace.

No to-do lists. No important business. No homework. No rush to conquer the world.

The few seconds, in which her life flashed before her eyes, carried just one thing- the purest moments of simply ‘being’.

Exhale…

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WRITTEN BY:
T Hassan The author is a writer, dreamer, social activist and a Communications Major at California State University. She does Social Media and Marketing for various non-profit organizations and blogs at tabzy.wordpress.com/

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COMMENTS (16)

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Asad | 11 years ago | Reply Beautifully expressed.Powerful and thought provoking in just a few lines the writer accomplished the huge task of and making you stop and think about what really matters in life. Well done.I appreciated how the parrallel worlds of past...happy moments vs present last moments before death were portrayed. Super!!!

Imad Uddin | 11 years ago | Reply I wish that the meaning of death could be as beautiful as this and I wish that nature of humans was limited to simply "being"... Well written

J.k | 11 years ago | Reply What is this. NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR TRIBUNE. COME ONNN!

Usman Shahid | 11 years ago | Reply Interesting. Blog ends before it starts but still conveyed the message. We should appreciate the editor who approved this.

Your Parosi | 11 years ago | Reply huh! what did I just read?

raza | 11 years ago | Reply wow..what a complete waste of time!!

Beautiful | 11 years ago | Reply Really enjoyed it. Clearly not everyone has the emotional depth/basic intelligence to even try and understand it, and everybody is a critic, but bravo!

Hashmi | 11 years ago | Reply masterpiece if understood ... but it will be the declaration There is only One God and Muhammad MPBUH is his messenger ..will be the only important thing then,, all else materialistic and useless for the real eternal life about to begin...

Madiha | 11 years ago | Reply wow beautiful! makes you realise the importance of simple things in life :) p.s: Nice graphic Erum :D

Atta | 11 years ago | Reply best thing about this piece is that it ends before it even starts, so no time wasting and a beautiful read. welldone.

Nidooni | 11 years ago | Reply huh?

Nostalgic idiot | 11 years ago | Reply BEAUTIFUL PIECE!

what now | 11 years ago | Reply what is this supposed to be? Fiction? Non-Fiction? Something to make me think? Why has this even been posted? Who approves this?

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