Natural Causes

I want to die

Of natural causes

Not from flying debris

Not in a plane crash

Not from a bomb

Or falling off a mountain

                When passing a truck

                On a road blocked by massive boulders

Not from being hit by a train

                Or a trail derailing

Certainly not by brake failure

Natural or sliced

Of a car or bicycle

Not from a pill and alcohol cocktail.

From natural causes

In my bed

Feeling my ribs pierce my heart

And the blood seep out

In pretty spatter patterns,

Yes.

Although a gun would also

Leave a lovely spray.