~for Philip Larkin~
Soundless dark of wakeful night
panic thrills the heart
and chokes the mind
with dread of dying
of lying dead -
white marble stone dead -
passed
beyond self
to nothingness
and nowhere.
Just energy burst free,
blowback
to the godless Universe
body to ashes
atoms,
and nothing more.
© M.L.Emmett
Nov 24, 2015
Nov 24, 2015 at 7:39 PM UTC
~for Philip Larkin~
Soundless dark of wakeful night
panic thrills the heart
and chokes the mind
with dread of dying
of lying dead -
white marble stone dead -
passed
beyond self
to nothingness
and nowhere.
Just energy burst free,
blowback
to the godless Universe
body to ashes
atoms,
and nothing more.
© M.L.Emmett
