Scattered Ash

Scattered Ash by Odin Roark The urn is tipped Scattered ash enjoins Jetstream Jetsam Flotsam Atop the winds and currents Nature's gathering Knowing not yet The next evolution of life's decay Possibility awakens This consciousness beyond our own This departure from one actuality Into the reformation of another Molecular iteration begun decades earlier Now roaming carefree among other airborne particles Innocent stowaways enfolded in winged flights Or ocean saturated driftings Bobbing patiently Awaiting new beginnings As the journey continues Feathers Seaweed Plastic cups and bottles Provide passage Shoreward Skyward Forward A measureless journey this Where matter exists forever Where ash continues as yesterday's index Referring to tomorrow's pages Scattered ashes Once of flesh and blood Now returning to the vortex of cosmic chance Where fresh finger-paints of infancy Become infinity's next masterpiece To mourn or not to mourn Omniscience winks