Dusk To Dust

I shall one day be no longer;

I shall be dust one day,

For from dust I came

And there - I shall soon lay.

And who shall pass on

The story of the past?

And who shall gather

Those faded shards of glass?

And though I shall be dust,

Once again, part of the land,

There are so many witnesses -

So many who still stand.

Though one day the trees shall burn,

Their ashes shall still live,

And though one day a star shall be lost,

The dark, vast sky shall still drift.

Though one day the walls shall crumble,

Their stones shall still lie.

And though one day I shall be dust,

I know I shall not die.