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As Becomes Death

Posted on October 25, 2019December 24, 2019 by Torrey

Undeath

is violent,

or so they say.

A slight turn,

rising from your earthen bed

as the drained sun finally sets

its daily toil complete.

A measured gait, slow and dawdling,

nowhere specific to be.

The memories fading,

leave you gasping

but not quite for breath.

You return home- to find it replaced.

The living earth having made its claim

So you settle here,

in this fungal grove,

extant unlife, yet

growing from death.

sleep again here, as you forget,

all the odes you once sang of life,

as you slip into something

resembling the long sleep.

Thudding as it makes contact with your side,

you open your eyes to blazing sunlight

and panicked screams.

Their face wide, pleading as you rise

again, unsettled thoughts twist your hands, as

you grasp for them.

This sleep was yours, why would they take it?

Your peace to have; they should have known:

A corpse should be left well enough alone.

So you settle again,

The fungus taking its place.

Bloodied yet pure,

another cycle complete.

Death is violent,

as they say.

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