What happens when you are dead

What happens when you are dead

A Poem by K0l266
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Very rubbish free verse I just happened to thin’ of today!

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What happens,
       when you are dead?
Little Lily
    asks me.
When you are dead,
         I tell her,
You go to heaven, to the skies above;
        you will grow white wings and fly into God’s arms.
But I don’t wanna,
        I’m afraid of heights.
Little Lily
    said tearfully.
She was not happy
        with my story
   so I told her another:

When you are dead, you will melt into the earth;
        you will sprout as a everlasting flower.
        you will flourish, your petals bathed in moonlight and shimmering stars
        you will be the prettiest of all.
But the earth is wet,
         and cold,
             and dark.
Little Lily
    said fearfully.
She was not happy
        with my story
   so I told her another
            and another
                  and another.
Yet Little Lily
      was not at all happy
               with my story.
So I told her.


When you are dead, there is nothing
                nothing at all.
You will lie in your coffin,
          a hard sealed box
                   hammered close with dented nails
and be surrounded by your loved ones’ wails.

You will lie there and wait,
            wait,
               wait.
Your body will stink, it will collapse, then your face fades away;
Bugs will live in you
         feast on you
               crawl and wriggle in and out
You will no longer need eyes nor nose nor ears nor lips
                  For all in the end they blend to a heap
and then all is left would be deep dark holes.

You will rot and rot till down to the bone,
          pale and white and hollow,
                then wait for them to yellow.

People will forget you,
          your name will no longer be called

Even your pretty little picture put up in the house
            shall be taken down and replaced by someone else.

Time no longer ticks within you, you will blend with night and day
          and remain in your cold dull grave till
                    your dry shell flakes away.
When you are dead,
         there is nothing

Nothing at all.

Little Lily looks at me
         she looks at me
                for a
                   long, long
                        time.
And she says,

      then I don’t want to die.
                    
We all do,
     I say,
        we all die.

We all die......

Little Lily strokes my hair
           and begs me not to cry.


© 2018 K0l266


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Added on September 18, 2018
Last Updated on September 18, 2018
Tags: Death, emo, free verse

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A Poem by K0l266