From Leonard Cohenâs final letter to his dying muse, Marianne Ihlen. She died in July 2016, and Cohen followed her shortly after, dying in November 2016.
âWell Marianne itâs come to this time when we are really so old and our bodies are falling apart and I think I will follow you very soon. Know that I am so close behind you that if you stretch out your hand, I think you can reach mine. And you know that Iâve always loved you for your beauty and your wisdom, but I donât need to say anything more about that because you know all about that. But now, I just want to wish you a very good journey. Goodbye old friend. Endless love, see you down the road.â
â Leonard Cohen
This is the type of introspection of dying I canât handle. Itâs unfathomable to me how one must think about knowing itâs almost literally the end for them. How do you even prepare to face it?


















