living

" if i am killed for simply living, let death be kinder than man. " - Kinder Than Man, Althea Davis.

if i am killed,

mangled and beaten,

for simply living,

i will expect death to be kinder to me than man kind.

i expect it to embrace me with warmth,

peck me with kisses on the cheek,

and welcome me with flowers.

i will expect death to embrace the deer in headlights,

the mouse in the corner of the room killed by the cat,

and the bird hit by a stone by a cruel teen.

if i am killed for simply living,

i will expect death to be kinder than man.