Giving Up Poem by Ruta Mohapatra

Giving up is oh so easy!
Knowing the end is inevitable
One just has to wait a little

That peaceful sleep
After the last labored breath
Is not denied to anyone

So why not walk the whole way
Why try to cut it short
Why take a detour?

Death keeps its promise
To everyone and promptly appears
At the edge of dusk

That golden dusk
That welcome arch will wait
Till the appointed day

Why miss even a single step
Of that well worn path
That those before us have taken?