ONCE YOU START TO THINK

you shouldn't stop
but once you stop
you should get moving as soon
as you can.

the real death is on inaction.

the other one
they tell you about
that hides ancestors from our view
is just a smooth transformation
from "is" to "was".

there are more ways
to be dead than stop
breathing,
blinking,
urinating
or watching TV.

there are worst ways
to die than
to be hit by a car,
fall from thirty meters,
swallow poison
or inhale three litters of water
on each of
your lungs.

there is this gentle way of
being dead
the one that arrives when you
stop questioning
stop searching
stop loving
and most of all,
stop being yourself.

the worst way to die
is a swift move
from "is" to
"is not".