Skeletal Remains

A Poem by Michelle Gent

aches and pains. Bitching and Moaning

Skeletal Remains-

Panes in a glass
Veins in a leaf
Pains inside me

Arteries, veins, blood
Pumping, pulsating
Navigating rivers

Rivers take leaves
Over ripples
Over falls

I fall in pain
I strain
IN desperation, in grief

Grieve for the body
That once was
Leaves turn brittle, crumble
So too, does my skeletal frame

Sinew fall with gravity
Fall with time
Leaves drop and scatter
One by one

Just like my family tree
Leaves too
Will soon be gone