In the blink of an eye, a lifetime unfurls,
A woman reclines, her consciousness swirls.
Tree tops dance in her flickering sight,
As memories cascade in dissolving light.


"Is this the end?" she wonders aloud,
Her voice a whisper, barely allowed.
"Or have I been here all along,
Reliving a life already gone?"



The grass beneath her feels so real,
Yet time's distortion makes her reel.
Each blade a year, each breeze a day,
In this ethereal interplay.



She sees herself as a little girl,
Pigtails bouncing, giving life a whirl.
First day of school, skinned knees and tears,
All compressed into fleeting years.



Teenage rebellion, first love's kiss,
College dreams and youthful bliss.
Career ambitions, burning bright,
Now flickering in twilight's sight.



Marriage, children, joy and strife,
The mundane moments that defined her life.
Grocery lists and birthday cakes,
Now seem like monumental stakes.



"If this is death," she muses wry,
"It's quite the cinematic goodbye.
Perhaps we're always on the brink,
Our lives a cosmic forty wink."



She laughs, the sound both sad and sweet,
As past and present strangely meet.
Her wrinkled hands, once smooth and strong,
Conduct the symphony of her song.



The sky above, so vast and blue,
Holds secrets old and mysteries new.
"Is death the start or is it the end?
Or just a moment where all timelines blend?"



Her breath grows shallow, heartbeat slows,
Yet paradoxically, awareness grows.
She feels connected to every soul,
Who's ever played this cosmic role.



"We're all just watchers of our own show,
Actors and audience in one tableau.
Fear not the end, nor cling to the start,
For life's a circle, not linear art."



As darkness gently closes in,
She finds peace where fear had been.
"If this is death, or life's review,
I'm grateful for this vivid view."



The treetops blur, the sky turns gold,
Her story ends, yet stays untold.
For in that space 'tween breath and none,
All lives are lived, all deaths undone.



And as she fades into the light,
A whisper echoes through the night:
"Live fully in each precious minute,
For all eternity is in it."