What happens when you are deadA Poem by K0l266Very rubbish free verse I just happened to thin’ of today!
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 |
Stats
39 Views
Added on September 18, 2018 Last Updated on September 18, 2018 Tags: Death, emo, free verse |