Don't Look For Me Up In The Stars

Don’t look for me up in the stars Or mourn beside my grave These places bear no home for me Now from this life I’m saved My ruined body shall decay Within this earth so sweet For natures fine reward will be My final loving gift I ask that you forget my name Don’t speak of me at all For in that silence I can rest From world’s intrusive thrall The unrelenting press of life And obligations bound Will fall away to leave me free Untethered from this ground Write a poem for contest Nighttime painting - David