Headstone

An ice capade of fireworks

One life's just like the other

Once complete

They cut the cord

Then hand you to your mother

Gather now

A life that's ending

Protect the stillness

A wind goes rending

One lonely star

Will fade forever

As words inside

My heart untether

REMEMBER,

There is only one sky

Under which

We all must die

Colors of that night turn red

Now we only trust the dead

When witnessing

These fallen notions,

(means everything)

We ride the oceans.

.

I'm happy to

Just sit alone

With sandy beaches

As my throne

And largely realize

How small my breath

As life expires

These bones of death

.

The moon's reflections

Cease being caught

Poetic words

May bleed in thought

Survival ends

But once per life

Stopping any useless strife

What will your HEADSTONE finally say?

I want mine to read...

ANCHORS AWEIGH