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The Funeral

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Holding hands,
throwing roses over a pearlescent casket
bathed in baby pink,

who knew death could be so feminine,

but funeral hymns plague the fragile air
while the graveyard is soaking up mournful stares,
maybe a few glances of relief are exchanged like drug money,

I look around and realize how everyone looks so alive
when we are surrounded by fatality,

translucent tears spill over flushed faces,
sunken eyes mirror hollow smiles
as the reapers cling to our backs like sloths
and everything feels slow,

everything falls stagnant,
then we drink from the goblet of faith and hope
and we get drunk off the elixir of life,

the fog clears
and our skin burns gold as the sun rises against our withered hides,
we can still feel the warmth which means we must still be alive,

so we don't move on but we do move forward
with our ancestors ghosts living within our hearts,
whispering in our ears,
and guiding us into the light.

my grandmother's funeral is this coming thursday so i wrote
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atlantic-lungs's avatar
"then we drink from the goblet of faith and hope
and we get drunk off the elixir of life,"

&

"but funeral hymns plague the fragile air"

such beauty within this whole piece!