Death

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The rumble of thunder
The flight of the Jay
The light in the sky
That twilight of May
The last day you lived
The last of one life
The last of a world
Of days in my life

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The day that is night
The end of a name
The end of a story
The end of a game
Will then return
In whole, each part
Each part of debt
Of life, each breath
A strange exchange
Each part returned
Will then remain
A part again
Life unto death
Death unto earth
Will then return
What life for death
Will then extend
Ember to ember
Flame to flame
Story to story
Name to name

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Blinded I watch
The flares of flame
In silence I hear them
Lap your name
The body that gave
My life its worth
Consumed by fire
Returned to earth
My life, an ember
Now raging, aflame
Your story, my story
Your name, my name
I see your heart
Break and fall
To earth, as flames
Consume your all
I hear you breathe
A final goodbye
I hear you wish me
Eternal life
I watch in peace
Your pain, my pain
As you return
To earth your pain

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You taught me life
With every breath
Now as you leave
You teach me death
In death you gift
Your life's essence
While you return
To omniscience
Your gift to me
Your whole essence
Consumed in flames
Your whole essence
Subsumed in whole
In my essence
You teach me death
Eternal end
Endless extense
Is endless presence
Is omniscience


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5 Apr. 2018
1:58 AM