The beeps of the hospital monitors were fading.

  I knew I didn't have much longer.

  After a life well-lived, I knew what awaited me.

  Happiness overtook me as the room faded to black, I would bask in the eternal glory of our Lord.

  What is there to fear?

  The room faded to black.

  I realized I'd passed on.

  I don't know if spirits can smile, but it sure felt like I was.

  I waited for the light to come, the glory of the Lord made manifest.

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  Only darkness remained.

  I tried to look around.

  Nothing but darkness, like being in a closet when the power goes out.

  I tried to run, move, anything, but the darkness moved with me.

  I tried to shout.

  No reply, not even an echo.

  The void consumed all.

  My cousin's voice sprang to mind, "There's nothing after we die."

  I realized he was right.

  I hovered in an eternal nothing, only the dark silence of the void for company.

  In a way, maybe this would be peace?