Madelynne Deshler

Fate 

Does Death await me
or, simply, 
am I awaiting Death?
Unceasing darkness 
of a life cut at youth 
seems to haunt me.
Is it fate though, 
or simply my desire?
Weights of slumber 
pull me into constant comas
through the shine of both sun and stars.
But is this a heaviness of physicality 
or, rather, the deterioration of my mind?
My mind must be going insane because
no physical sickness holds me down.  
So, through the dusk of both sun and stars,
I am pulled into constant comas 
by weights of slumber, 
simply by my desire, 
not by fate. 
Yes, I am haunted 
to cut my life at youth
from unceasing darkness 
for I am awaiting Death,
but, surely, 
Death doesn’t await me. 

About Madelynne Deshler

I am from Woodbury, MN, so my life growing up strongly revolved around adventures in the Twin Cities. During those years I fell in love with traveling, photography, history, and the art of writing. In the fall of 2017 I began to attend UND. During this time I received the Robert J. Hagen Memorial Scholarship for journalism, and by spring of 2020 I will receive a B.A. in Communication with a certificate in Writing and Editing. From there, the plan is to simply explore the world and write about those experiences.