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I Looked Death In The Eyes

I choose to live when faced with the choice.

Jordan Wagner
Sep 26, 2016
University of Wisconsin, Madison
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When I looked death in the eyes

I learned what I had been missing.

I saw what I had missed out on, what I had ignored.


When I looked death in the eyes

I saw my family and my friends

Hoping to have the real me back.


When I looked death in the eyes

I became acutely aware of the life I had been living

And its contrast with the life I wanted to live.


I looked death in the eyes

I met it at the gates of hell.


I’ve battled with the devil

I’ve walked through hell

I’ve thrown demons off my back as I climb.


I’ve met struggle and hardship

I’ve seen dark days.


But when I looked death in the eyes

Everything changed.

Nothing came close to the awakening I had.


When I looked death in the eyes

I did not in fact die,

Rather, I began to live.


I saw opportunities and offers,

I saw heavy doors throwing themselves open.

I saw mountains to climb

I saw destinations.


I saw my family hugging my tightly

I saw my loved ones fighting for me

I saw those who hurt me fade into the background

I saw what mattered.


When I looked death in the eyes

No I did not succumb.

I gave a stern and determined glare

Right into his eyes

Before turning my head

And walking away.


When I looked death in the eyes

I felt foggy and alone

But when I looked on past myself

I saw those I needed.


When I looked death in the eyes

I learned how to love

I learned how to feel.


When I looked death in the eyes

I conquered the darkness

And slayed the despair.


I looked death in the eyes

And I came out victorious.

I looked death in the eyes

And I came out alive.

I am alive.

I am alive.

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