Ultimatum
At the wind's behest
At the sun's command
Swarming worms infest
Legs and arms and hands
Flesh from bone undressed
Withers in the sand
Denser forms divest
Of filaments and strands
As rigid limbs relax
Bound by sky and land
Mouth and throat contract
Chest and brain expand
Set free by their collapse
Fulfilled by new demands
Enshrined as they're enclasped
By rasping sea and sand
Written by © Raven Drake
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