Culmination

With sharp tingling speed
overhauling deep-held beliefs -
of a day after night
a better life....

Leaving barren tracks
in the half-dead hollow inners
The final lap
giving a weird sense of relief
of some finality finally
away from the ragged existence
of surviving on
miserly alms of love

The final countdown
smilingly a brushing up
a recap of the sad path

A click - the last tick
spasmodic rush
a twitching of the lip
may be the last prayer
begging for a miracle
the last breathe of hope
sighed away
A swish and a slash
a smooth flow out...
a release -
an everlasting embrace of nothingness

A certainty finally
arrived at!