21 Grams
With one last sigh
My soul is expelled
Twenty-one grams
Floating upward, high
I'm light
Effervescent
Free
Twenty-one grams
That’s all I am
That’s all that’s left of me
I left behind
My body
Still and unmoving
On the scale
calcuator, pen
The doctor total tell
Unaccounted Weight:
21 grams
**For further understanding refer to the work of Dr. Duncan MacDougall
http://historicmysteries.com/the-21-gram-soul-theory
Copyright © Liberty Robbins | Year Posted 2012
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