It's my coffin

The slow of process of dying...

Easy, easy

Handle with care

It’s my coffin,

Easy, easy

I am gonna lay there

Here, in my coffin.

 

I sat on the chair

I have been idle for too long,

The Lid of a coffin ajar

This is where we belong.

I lit a cigarette

Wearily going through the bills due,

Poor health and hefty debt

Happy that I am not yet sued.

Cracked my wire glasses

I couldn't read anymore,

My sight harasses

People have stopped knockin' on my door.

 

Now old and gray

I abandoned god,

Neither do I pray

By now, your minds have trod.

Bury me

Bury my belief,

Under the Mahogany tree

Bury mine & thy grief. 

Reviews

[Mark]

I felt the process...I felt a man preparing, getting his affairs in order....Just getting ready to take that last journey, to board that train to the other side....It kept me. Nice write.

[Mayank]

Thank you Mark, that is what I exactly felt when I wrote.

[Jen]

best poem on a corpse and it's home(the coffin) where it lies awake(like a dead soul) and does what it did when it was a human.. Powerful words and nice setting man! keep it up (y)

[Mayank]

Thank you so much, you gave the outlook which even I didn't think of!

[Robert Tusitala O'Neill]

You know, I was going to write a poem like this but you did it so much better than I was doing it, I think I would rather just read yours! Bravo! I like the images and the narrative style. Believe me, I have felt like this a lot lately, and I know it isn't always an easy thing to express properly. You have done it quite well.

[Mayank]

Thank you so much Robby, I am going to make some sorta series with the similar style of poems. I would be very happy to read yours. If you are posting it, don't forget to send me read request.

[Robert Tusitala O'Neill]

Well, I hate to say this, but I am so far behind in read requests...I feel it would be hypocrisy to send you one. I will, however, welcome you warmly to read any of mine. I am proud of about half of them. Try "Reflection."

[Mayank]

Sure mate, I will do that.

[Robert Tusitala O'Neill]

Thanks, brother! I just wrote a weird one that I don't know about called "Spaceship of the Apes." It is kind of just a primordial goop of a poem now. It has not solidified. If you have suggestions I would be grateful for them!

[Skai Rain]

This is actually amazing. It tugged at my heart strings and is probably one of my favorite poems I have read on this site. Thank you for sharing.

[Mayank]

Thanks Brit, appreciate it :)

[amrit]

this needs to be read while sipping scotch . the agony , the sufferings , the miseries everything about this is powerful and enthralling. may be powerful is not an apt word for the subject like this , but this is who the words i felt like

[Mayank]

I was having scotch when I wrote this. Thank you Sir!

[amrit]

how* .. haha ! wow ! see ur poem had me high .!

[Simran Kewlani]

I like this, in fact I love it. The way you explained the slow and painful process of dying is amazing.

[Mayank]

thank you Simran!

[Kanchan Ojha "Eureka"]

I am like aghast ! Powerful words. Keep posting Mayank.

[Mayank]

Thank you Kanchan!

[Surya pradha]

very well written. you have taken a dark topic and it worked out well.

[Mayank]

thank you so much!

[jzadski]

I was scouring through the comments and saw that you had a near death experience, and how you explained that your view on death has changed since that experience. I absolutely adored the piece beforehand and was able to connect with it due to two major deaths in my family recently, but I love how it got me to think about your point of view even more after finding out it's based on your feelings post your near death experience. It's very deep yet simple, and I feel an overall satisfaction by the end of it. Great work!

[Mayank]

Thank you so much for stopping by and reviewing it, I appreciate your time and kind words.

[Ashira Macy]

My goodness this was powerful. Lost in sadness and loneliness, and planning his own funeral, or really living his funeral. I hope I never see the day when all that is left to my identity is a few bills and a cold coffin just waiting for me to grace it. Really well written my friend!

[Mayank]

Thank you so much Ashira!