The Life of Death

I recently had a friend die, it was a sudden shock, and hit me rather hard.. I wrote this while grieving:

The worst part of death is the way it hits you, it knocks the air out of you, enslaves you and makes you immobile. The world during this time, keeps moving, newspapers are still written, the mail is still delivered, and the world doesn’t wait, it may take a few days, or even weeks to catch your breath, but you wish time would stop for as long as you need……