A Gift of Death

First, let me give you a little background on this poem, otherwise it might be hard to understand why I would write about death.

This poem is about a person's perspective on death as being good, rather than bad or scary. I am not a suicidal person. I am not a sadistic person, or weird, etc. I have a reason to live; my daughter. And I do not believe in suicide to leave life. I just believe that death can be beautiful because you get to see a world that we all are waiting to see, if and when of course it is your time to go.

I'm not talking about being religious, I am a Christian, but the fact is SOMETHING happens after you die, whether there is a heaven or a hell, whether we are really aliens, or whether we just rot in the dirt for eternity.

A lot of people are frightened of death, or believe that death is the end of happiness on earth, but I believe that "crossing over" brings feelings one has never felt before, sights one has never seen before, etc. Here is the poem and you are welcome to comment on it, as well as how you perceive death:
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Oh Wanderer, great wanderer what have you brought me today
I opened the gift wrapped box and inside, was the reaper
You confused me with your gift, I thought death was rotten
Are you, great wanderer, my lighthouse keeper?

It was painful as my soul rose, and separated from my physical being
I felt my heart stop beating, and my chest collapse
My blood stood a torment of a thousand fires
As my sweet, dear life began to lapse

My soul rose unto the air, and a light warmed my being
An entity so bright as the sun, white and enormous
A figure stood, waited for me as I soon came near
She said she was a conformist

She showed me many things, things I had been dying to know
I was shown the secret of life and I finally met my angel
They all loved me like they knew me
True love even though they were my strangers

Oh! My brother, my little brother! He was there too!
He said he was waiting for me, he has been watching over me
I never though I would see him again
I guess life has things that doesn't let you see

Death is perceived to many as the last and final straw
But it is only so partial to what you can learn in the end
So I saved my little wrapping of the box
That I call the Gift of Death