The Burial

This poem is for those who fear dying.

It all ends with a smile.

Thats what somebody once told me.

For a minute I even believed him.

He kept that in mind until the day he died

And Rigour Mortis contorted his smile,

Into a still life.

Caskets are just a burial shroud 

Just reinforced with shiny metal 

It all has the same fate, 

As the obsolete wooden ones. 

I don't want this to be all gloom,

Because I feel a slight sense of relief. 

And if I'm writing just about doom, 

Then in what do I have some belief? 

This is just another day, 

A slight remembrance of a summer day, 

And it feels oh so good. 

Mother, I feel very good today.

This whole weekend was a bipolarity 

And it ends oh so beautiful 

It ends with a smile on my face...

Author's Note

What do you think? Ignore grammar problems.

Carpe Diem.

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

I like the way you expressed death with a smile. In the end death will catch all of us. I like the personal feel to the poem. Telling dear mother. "I feel very good today."
A very strong ending to a outstanding poem.
Coyote

[Edmund S. Obumba]

very true sentiments there.people don't like talking avbout death but uve made it interesting to read and think of.good job!