After Life
✍️ Jonnie Kimani
Have you ever asked yourself what happens after death? Where do people go after dying? It's hysterical how one just seizes to live. A minute ago he was speaking and now he's not even breathing. However, come to think of it, when a person dies does he wake up only to see his body lying unconscious on the ground? Is it not traumatizing to see your body just lying lifeless on the ground or wherever you were? Seeing yourself, not like in a mirror, but as a camera can record you sound asleep. To me it looks quite unlovely. Imagine walking around and seeing other people, but they can't see you whatsoever. Seeing someone in the bathroom and laughing out loud but no one hears. Hearing what the say about you in your absence but you can't even hit anyone. Passing through walls as if they're nothing. Seeing the two love birds do what the love most and not shying away for no one, among the living, can even see you. The sad part, nevertheless, is seeing people have fun but all in all, the best you can do is watch. Some time later, these people begin to forget you, and you start vanishing even from the spirit world. The more they move on, the less you see about their life. A time comes when not even a single person's memory is about you. You can now rest in peace dear one. They loved you but had to let go. Some years have passed by, the child you left behind now wants to know you. She asks her uncles and aunts, "How was dad like? Was he tall, dark, slim?" Then you memory is rekindled. You arise once again in the spirit world. Your daughter cries at your gravestone. She recalls you and keeps you alive in the spirit world. But as she grows, days pass without her thoughts of you. You start to vanish all over again. After a long time, no one knows even your name, your gravestone has mosses growing on it. At least they live with you, or should I say on you? Better so, the live in you?
