Last Mistake

As I lie here asleep feeling so numb.
I wonder why I was so fucking dumb.

I lay here alone gasping my last breaths.
I could hear the cries of the many deaths.

People warned me every so often.
Soon I'll be lying in a wooden coffin.

I didn't believe the threat was real.
Now I can't enjoy my favorite meal.

I thought the mask was just for fools.
I'm laid out like a set of garden tools.

I never imagined how I would die.
No one around to say goodbye.

I hate to die here, afraid to be alone.
I won't eat another ice cream cone.

I should have listened and should have learned.
Please take my corpse and have it burned.

My family weeps but from afar.
Enjoying a drink at the local bar.

I could use a cold drink right about now.
I'm too weak to head for the nearest town.

I know I will die here, sad and alone.
Never to see my dog chew on a bone.

I feel my life slowly slip away.
At least my pain will end today.

Goodbye to all and farewell to thee.
It was not how I imagined it to be.