Copyright (C) 2003 Chiharu Shiota All Rights Reserved.
continuity equation
his ashes
were scattered
at sea, and
charred timbers
of home
gathered
on the
jet stream -
circled earth - his
face a thousand
times framed on
memory walls; children
grow
and become
timbers of lives
always on
display for
posterity,
always forgotten
in name, in
time.
Poem © 2012 R. Burnett Baker
but not by God
ReplyDeleteIf I feel 'forgotten by god' in life, what chance do I have in death?
ReplyDeleteAs you say, everything passes in time, even most names. But Suz is right insomuch as if one was to ask "What were the names of Tutankahamun's slaves?" I would have to answer "God knows!"