Take My Eyes

TAKE MY EYES Take my eyes and burn them, I have no use for them anymore; they cannot see beauty in the flowers and trees, they witness only sadness and grief, none of the good things in this life. Take my heart and bury it like a rotting corpse for it, too, serves no purpose on this desolate planet; it is dry and does not beat with the fervour of love as it once did. Take my body and throw it away, it is empty of meaning and the flesh is sagging like a willow. There is no destination it seeks, no sacred ground on which to sleep and no nourishment to sustain it. Take my mind and empty it, for my thoughts no longer serve as a distraction, they only mock me with sarcasm and disdain; they feed my heart with unrealized expectations and desires. Take my soul and set it free from the cumbersome vessel it inhabits on this earthly plane. Let it fly into the hereafter to shine again in open skies for it has a destiny all its own.