Verse 23: Elixir

Elixir

 

Some say death is only once.

Taste of a bosom consumes life.

Where has all my previous attempts gone?

Dying is elixir, which governs the remedy.

Profound to say the hidden measure poisons.

Rather comfort bitterness then the sweet.

Wide-open arms satisfy the release.

Held by grief is within this body of matter.

Reviews

[Rachelle]

Does inducing one's release from one's physical form enable ourselves to reach the next level? There is much to be done here before we leave and we don't take. We are taken.

[Glen Yumang Manese]

Rachelle --- I believe when I wrote this --- some time ago...I was conveying the idea of how people wanted to escape death by means of a potion to immortality...or prolonging their lifespan...when this came about...but by all means they still died...at times by poisons they chose to put in their bodies believing the elixir would do the trick...

[Rachelle]

And yet, the prolongation happens because it is allowed - for whatever purpose we are allowed to serve - active or passive. Our claim to immortality is the indelible mark our lives have influenced others in our finite stay.