Legacy

What do we leave behind when we're dead?

 How will you die?

perhaps by a train, or a stranger with a vengeance

or by your own hand

or by your brother's wish

Is your death in demand,

to be rejoiced?

When will you go?

A natural death is one we don't choose

while an unnatural life is an easy one to lose

oddities are easy to know

Why?

if your unnatural life lends to reasons for this

if your death should become a fable, a myth

  a reason enough if they remember you

and tell your tale

So where will you rest?

silken ashes to four winds

on cold concrete or six feet beneath

does it matter?

there is no poetry in death

Reviews

[Crispy]

...and yet so much in life.

How and when and why indeed. What are we even doing to make it all worth it?

I hope you're finding those notes in living that result in grand ballads after death my friend. Legacy is ego, but for those who earn it, it's pure tears and inspiration for the living. It's life.