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Please Don'T Bury Me

Please don't bury me
By Michelle Morris
12/01/2023

Please don't bury me under that apple tree
So beautiful and abundant
It needs space for life to experience
Its shade and soft mossy feet

Please don't bury me in a grave
Underneath a drab grey headstone
The graveyard is filled with death
So much sadness, loss and guilt

Please don't bury me at sea 
Wrapped tightly and heavy to sink
Slowly into murky depths 
Where fishes and mermaids swim

For I'd want to swim freely 
And enjoy the ocean life down there
In the serene depths 
Of beauty and magical mystery 

Please don't bury me in a pyramid
In a sarcophagus so grand
Surrounded by luxury and historical artefacts
That mortals will want to find

Please don't float me away
And set the boat on fire
For those flames will burn so high
That my soul may be trapped in the pyre

Rather cremate me and scatter my ashes
Over verdant hills and ocean blue
So that I will enjoy them and fly free
Up to the heavens above

This way I experience all life at once
Even though it's the little of me that remains
But at least I'll be part of everything
That might imprint beautiful memories on my soul

© Michelle Morris, 2023

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