Resurrection (Poem)
 

At one moment they are there and then-
they are gone,
in a casket, or as ashes in an urn, or with their body parts sold or donated to some college for research,
one way or another, they are gone,
plunged into the transcendent mysteries;
death is more mysterious than life.
It’s almost satirical if it wasn’t so scary,
so we respect it, hoping for some measure of grace
when it is our time.
All throughout history,
whether in a sarcophagus or in a tomb or in a coffin or buried in the dirt, people have respected people who have died;
bodies that were warm and lively become,
cold, pale and clammy, we,
as homo-sapiens,
try to preserve the empty sack of skin these poor souls once lived in,
by protecting their bodily shells with our feeble inventions,
that will also rot, and will also taste death.
Death is an inescapable reality, so powerful, so we respect the hell out of death.
Because what else can we do but stand in awe of the one who conquers every King, Monarch, Pharaoh, Ruler,
inventor, wise man, foolish man, soldier, father, mother, child, and will eventually lay hold of
you, me, us,
when we die.

We just hope the killer does us gently.

As ashes are scattered into the open meadow, the wind
blowing them along, loved ones watch, a body
reduced to an urn
float in the warm breeze, kiss the flower petals, dance before it joins again with the
dirt.
Faint hope
that one day it will take root, fertilize, sprout forth
into
what it was before
or maybe
better.

Today someone is thinking about this
in their room writing
a will
on a cliff contemplating
at a funeral crying
sitting next to someone
beep-beep-beep-beep-beep
praying;

for death to be swallowed up in victory.

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Comments are welcome :)
Thanks for reading

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Re: Resurrection (Poem)
 

livefortruth,

I'm enjoying the poetry you are posting here. Please keep it up.

Do you consider yourself more of a poet for the page, or the stage? In other words, do you enjoy slam poetry (performance poetry)? I'm a big fan of performance poetry, and it's a genre of poetry that is catching on across the nation. Check out some examples of it on YouTube.

Re: Resurrection (Poem)
 

I like this line the most:

And this one:

Those are very riveting lines. Poignant! I like how vivid your poetry tends to be. Again, keep up the great work. There is a desperate need for Christian writers who grasp Christian principle and are able to translate them through the arts and humanities.

Re: Resurrection (Poem)
 

Thanks

I actually haven't been to very many performances of poetry. I have spend much of my time working with the page but personality wise I'm pretty theatrical so I would probably enjoy performing poetry. Is performance poetry basically the same as going to a poetry reading?

If there is some youtube examples you have in mind feel free to post a link.

Re: Resurrection (Poem)
 

Thanks again :)

I wrote this poem today and I'm not sure if I'm totally satisfied with the sound/flow. Maybe its just because I tend to be pretty critical of my work and go over it over and over and over before I feel satisfied.

Were there any parts of the poem that you thought were awkward or that could use some work?

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I am a bit of a purist in this (anyone shocked), so I like my poetry to have a recognizable rhythm and rhyme. However, as I have a copy of poetry by Walt Whitman (who had everything but rhythm and rhyme), I would say that it is a decent peace of poetry. However, I would change your title. I would probably use something with the words 'death', 'departure', or something like that. I wish you the best with your poetry. I think this is the first that I have read here.

Re: Resurrection (Poem)
 

Thanks for the input. I'll think about the potential for a better title.