At a Funeral

My way of expressing the indifference I feel at funerals. I personally think death is a part of life. Why torture yourself with sadness when some one dies?

The weight of the silence falls onto our shoulders

Mabey that is why we are hunched over?

Or is it to hide ourselves from something we dread...

Saying goodbye to a loved one that's dead.

 

Separated by a cloth and cold metal

A body is being rolled down the aisle

When its destination is reached at the altar

Hysterical voices from the pews try to call her.

 

I can't empathize with the ones that cry

Life is a cycle, we all live, we all die.

 

Author's Note

I hope you write some "killer" reviews...sorry for the pun

Reviews

[That_Girl]

When you know you won't be able to see or talk to someone that you love until your own death, a feeling of constricting hysteria sets in and there's no controlling it. You cannot be logical just after someone's death. But that's what the process is for; at one point, you accept things. Good poem. Just throwing my .02 in! :)

[s y e]

Okay, I can relate to this in a way, might not be the right way but anyway- personally, I don't like funerals, I think after losing a loved one you're in enough pain, why would you want to go and sit through a hour long funeral knowing they're in the coffin and you'll never see them again?

I know that losing my grandpa was hard enough but in the funeral is when I couldn't keep my emotions in anymore, I love him with all my heart but I swear I wish I never went, it's a terrible thing to say but it was heart breaking when I heard the news. Listening to his favourite song and people talking about him was too hard for me.

I loved this write, well done.