#*To this body
Death does as it should,
Consigns the shell
To the firewood
And sets the spirit free.*
Close to the fire
the heat singes me.
I know it's only the prelude
to the fiery furnace
licking my skin with flaming tongues
reducing me to powdered ashes
disappearing and in no time fading
what was me but in an instant
dusts in urns and upon wall
and years after maybe one's
untimely rains of dusty memories.
Jun 28, 2018
Jun 28, 2018 at 10:28 AM UTC
#*To this body
Death does as it should,
Consigns the shell
To the firewood
And sets the spirit free.*
Close to the fire
the heat singes me.
I know it's only the prelude
to the fiery furnace
licking my skin with flaming tongues
reducing me to powdered ashes
disappearing and in no time fading
what was me but in an instant
dusts in urns and upon wall
and years after maybe one's
untimely rains of dusty memories.
Crematorium, Dec 16 2017 midnight.
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