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THE LAST NOTE
(Bethuel)
It was a winter-cold day but in the summer season...
Found your corpse, ice-cold, laying in a pool of blood with a sharp razor in your hand....
I went from cold-and-quivering to having sweat and tears trickling down my face...
My psyche went into devastation with swift celerity...
I pondered for seconds and couldn't make sense of what was 'fore my eyes because it had no rhyme or reason....
I mean, you were exhilarated the day before and looking forward to spending another day with me..
Though I could see a weak pulsation on your neck, I didn't have enough medical ken to save you...
"Answer me before your soul leaves your corpse, why?"

(Siphosenkosi)
Forgive me for my time in this universe has expired.
I can no longer go on, I'm extremely tired.
I left you some notes on the nightstand,
Hopefully you'll understand.
At this very hour,
I do not have the power - to elaborate on my choices.
Set me free dear blood, let me rest in peace.
Tis' bout the time.
Please be fine.

(Bethuel)
How do you expect me to be fine?
What happened to "it gets better with time"?
Who's gonna be my shoulder to cry on if you're leaving for the Heavens?
You always came through for me whenever I was at sixes and sevens...
Our parents left us a decade ago,
dear brother how do you expect me to thrive on my own?
I might be grown - but I'm...