_I Need Not Keep Your Ashes_
I'll take your ashes and sit outside
...
You have swung on the cusp of life's inequity
and conquered, watch
The phoenix emerges from sweet ash
Reborn, Renewed, rejuvenated
...
When my circuit shuts down
Today I don't feel as if I'm living life;
Life is living me.
...
I Need Not Keep Your Ashes
_I Need Not Keep Your Ashes_
I'll take your ashes and sit outside
Because I miss you so
I hope it'll help me feel you're here
But the significance of ashes, I don't know
So I presume it's to feel you're around
kept in remembrance, to ease the woe
kept as a symbol of you
No
For these ashes are death's glitter
Dry, dull, lifeless, just shades of grey
As I sift my fingers through its depths
I realize this isn't you, there's just no way
You were and are so wonderful...
Ruminative, I disappear into this sight
Sun-illuminated, tubular flowers hang down
Like angels suspended in the bright light
The warm wind that gently brushes me
Coaxes the grass to bow unto the sand
Myriads of birds spread their sweet song
As I begin to understand
For this garden is life's cornucopia
Lush, bright, vibrant, with colours of all hue
As I let this all envelop me
I realise, this is you.