
With no deity could I shake hands
and with no children at my feet
who will tend my grave
when all is said and done
Something sublime smiles back at me
from the music I lose myself in daily
but who will tend my grave
who will know that I was here
βNo children at our feetβ
we were in agreement then
but will we always be
You would have been
an exceptional mother
and I had some stories
I wanted to pass on
O, bury me at sea, bury me at sea!
Print out all my poetry
and mummify my body
Let them take a chunk
from the soft skin
at my rump
Fill the six gill shark with searching words
an army of shrimp tuck into the sweetest memories
Some busy lobster, a canny swordfish
come on, take a piece of me
and another
and another piece of me
My creativity
my laziness
my empathy
my cynicism
my passion
my bad spelling
my caring
my obsession
my gentleness
my duplicity
my desire
my naivety
my love of family
Iβll feed the fish
and theyβll give birth
I was here
now they can be
Weβll go on and on and on
into the blueβ¦
[2020]
Thanks for reading.
Sounds like a noble way to go to me ππ€
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Good to give something back to the sea π Thanks for commenting on this one, I really appreciate it as it’s a bit of a strange poem… ππΌ
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Well, it’s no surprise that it’s ‘strangeness’ attracted me then.
I loved it! π€
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Haha, that made me smile! Thank you.
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You’re welcome as always π€
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Thatβs very generous of you to think of the fish!
Always enjoy your insights.
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I want to do what I can for my main source of inspiration… π π³
Thanks so much for reading and commenting. I was a tiny bit unsure about this one and knowing you enjoyed has instilled some much needed reassurance. ππΌ
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Does anyone recognise where the accompanying image comes from? Free poetry book to the first correct answer π
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Is it from The Graduate??
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Ah good guess, but sadly not… π I’ll give you a clue; it was released in the 2000s
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Castaway? Don’t abandon yourself to the oceans just yet, you have a good deal of living and writing to do!
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Thanks Peter. I do hope the burial is some years away… but who can really know? It’s not Castaway but I like your thinking. I do hope someone guesses correctly one day π
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