Living Will #16

nothing could be better than dying together
as our love would continue to nourish under feet
 
you may desire to shed your body by fire
but please consider rotting with me
 
a white cedar could sprout over our bones,
growing sunward casting all shadows underneath
 
for twenty-four thousand years our children will hear
the ringing of bells through the trees. 
 
over this time they will witness and guide
the plane’s transition from slavery to free
 
for as worms feed on dead flesh
there is a shadow devouring humanity
 
until we take heed of this possibility
we   may   never  truly  be  free.
 
 
Day Gun