MEMORIES

Look at me not for long

For as you are

So I was

And as you walk

So I did toss

And indeed…

I passed this way once before

One, two, three, four

At the snap of a finger

Memories are but no more

Back then…

Glitteringly glaring graves of grave graves

Body safes

Eternal caves

Beautiful beds, man-made

Made not for the living

But for those bound for Hades

As you were

So I was

Carrying a weighty cross

Cross of sorrows and loss

Loss of friends; true and false

Loss of family; hidden in death’s jaws

As you weep

So I dug deep

Into mysteries worth not the seek

Look at me not for long

For if I had been strong

As strong as a baby; man’s young

I would have laughed

Laughed my heart out till it was all torn

Though born of thorns

My headaches I would have ignored

My strength I would have brought on board

And the pleasures I could afford 

I would have afforded even if they were odd

Once we live to live

Only myself I live to please

Look at me not for long

For as I am

So you shall be

Pampered to the parish by pallbearers

Mourned by a multitude who care less

Friend, live on your papers

For where I am

You will be as lonely as the friendless