My Grave

The greatest test of time

Is giving up the self

To pack up what you hold

Then rest upon a shelf

And what you think you know

Well really, you do not

In knowledge you will lose

The battles you have fought

It’s quiet in my room

Alone, though I can’t hide

There’s wonder in my blood

And lonely in my spine

I beg and curse the gods

Who am I now, I ask??

Identity is gone

I’ve torn away the mask

There’s something with me here

I’m haunted by a ghost

What has it come to see?

What does it want the most?

Not knowing what I am

Or where that I belong

Can make life seem so short

And other times so long

But in the eyes of Space

My time is just a dot

I know of what I’m worth

It seems that I forgot

And I, like Christ, was born

With naked flesh revealed

A fragile waving flower

In harsh winds through my field

There’s nothing left to do

I’ve done all that I can

You’ve had your way with me

Upon your great command

My eyes now hold a fog

And sleep escapes my mind

In letting go of truth

Pure honesty I’ll find

One day I’ll live in death

More closely than today

Like Satan, I will fall

For clinging to my ways

I, then, will turn to light

Or maybe back to dark

The deepest part of me

Is barren, lost, and stark

My job in this is through

So take me now, I say!!!

And use me as you willed

Or put me in my grave