Poems About Death (Week Long Series): Post #6

I wrote this piece after my step-dad was cremated. I actually wrote it for my brother-in-laws band, Apollo's Din. They're into short, unusual lyrics so I was thinking they could put some music to my poem. But just like all the other things I've written for them, they turned it down...

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Cremated

Stationary

Cemetery

Trapped inside

No sanctuary

It’s where you go

To live out your death

For eternity

Without a breath

Rotting body

Inside a box

No way to live

Even if you’re gone

But it’s where you go

To live out your death

For eternity

Without a breath

When I die

Burn my soul

Spread my ashes

Over hell

Don’t want to be buried

To live out my death

For eternity

Without a breath

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