The Magic Trick of Checking Out

The Magic Trick of Checking Out By David J Walker Now you see ‘em Now you don’t The magic trick of Checking out Leaving familiar traces of A Lived life Lived like Only they could live Now you want to But you won’t Say the things you Meant to say What was the final count of The heartbeats, The breaths you breathed, The steps taken in your Whole life Leaving faint footprints With all the others Turned to dust Did you leave food In the fridge Expecting another meal? What happened to the Weight of your body Consumed in The funeral pyre What may we learn From the ashes in the urn Where you hide Until we release you Into the wind over the Mountain Once we saw you Now we won’t In the full view Of a church pew Where you prayed for Reconciliation Would you mind if I took this seat At least for Another few years?