Momento Mori

Momento Mori

I heard it and notioned

upon the idea of life after death for those

who blindly live with no intent to love, for kindliness

for tenderness

I relish to feel as if I am an autumnal leaf

floating aimlessly through the air

gently bumping into others in a embracing mannerism,

before giving myself to the earth naturally

Although, one sometimes feels threatened.

Pushed by a force stronger than natures air

I would no longer float but be blown, blown around

until tiny pieces of me fall away leaving nothing but my

shell, my outer, my body scattered

in places I would not of intended to leave it

It is this force I imply to overcome

The one that I disagree with, the one that I wish I could gently

shake

gently wake,

gently tell them that all is okay;

Oh! Because doing harm to others is no good, it is no good!

I will wake this motion, this vexed ocean

I cannot imagine what it would feel like

to be filled with so little emotion

that one could forget how to love, to embrace, to live

Momento Mori

Wealth and power will not follow you to death my love

but there are people like me

just waiting,

waiting and wanting to forgive.