Dead Bodies, Reveal! Poem by David N. Munene

Rise up oh dead bodies
You whose corpses were never found
From your living spirits issue command
That your bones gather and re-form
That thy fleshes reform
Into haunting and new form
To from the hiding places walk
And let us know how far you are
How far they ferried you
Believing that you were rotting dead
Reveal! Reveal! Reveal!

Remember you did not make it,
Not even as a statistic,
To the government and private records
You are missing persons at times
Departed souls with unknown identity
Some of you are waited upon
By the living that cared for you
But they that made you corpse
Reminisce you dead than alive
Reveal! Reveal! Reveal!

Oh dead bodies of ancient times,
Who shall your justice deliver?
For even justice systems have no systems?
Did you not deserve a eulogy?
Was not your stature worth mourning?
Did you have no land or kiln?
Could they not afford fundraisers?
Was it impossible to morgue you?
Or are you just past wind?
Won’t you cry with me for you?
Dead bodies lying astray,
Reveal! Reveal! Reveal!