Bittersweet Death

Hospital

Death. It's silent.  Breath shortening and suddenly life comes to a slow stop.  

Each pulse becoming more faint, until death dives in and steals

the last breath, bringing with it silence.  A silence that makes reality set in.  

Time simply stands still.  Death has that effect.  Once the time of death is read, 

time moves forward.  A life is lost, but the suffering has passed.  

Death is bittersweet in that way.