A Eulogy for Death

Death! Death Death!

Not until my last breath!

The time of creation,

Blends the time of destruction,

Like light and shadow,

A coin with shield and arrow.

Mortals tremble with fear for thee,

Long in our history they wanted to flee,

Comes medicines, and worships of god,

And they all would perish like dry rot.

Then you may ask where my strength is?

I can tell you, there is no need of it.

For you are the educator of mankind,

Without death my life would be blind.

For I am an existentialist,

I do not need photos, nor a list.

For the claim recollection of the past,

Only my memory, or time shall I ask.

Decades on earth have I lived,

Seen Blossoms of Valley,

Drunk Streams to the Sea,

My cup is now empty, but then once it was filled

And no matter how long be I with you,

Time may I fill, but not your solitude

Burn as you may,

But it grows with the wind

In this inarticulate hour, I

Swept the snow on your grave,

Laid my little edelweiss,

Whispered to the bare brown earth:

“Death is just simply the beginning of immortality.”


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