The Rotting Carcass Poem by Chitra Bisht

Buried deep under the earth
Draped in layers of soil
There lies a rotting carcass
Free from life's turmoil

Once consuming for sustenance
From land, water and air
Now going back to elements
As is understandably fair

Decaying flesh
Covered with maggots
Creating sockets and gaps
Where once were pretty spots

Not a welcome sight I know
But nature should take its course
Therein lies 'it' that once was 'he'
That's what we all are to be