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Literary: In the Graveyard

2/03/2020 08:14:00 PM Media Center 0 Comments

Lifeless beneath where the earthworms slither
Below the grainy dirt, sand, and mud
Among all the grey, grassy muck of the world
Where rotting scents fill the unfeeling air

I lay

Underneath a mossy stone slab
With my name engraved in black and gold
A casket of ebony cradles my body
And shuts me from the rest of the world

I start

With my bones, which once were withered
Now sprouting nerves and tendons and fat
Muscles wrap around my once frail bones
Gripping it and never letting go

I hunger

As my stomach and intestines start to form
It fills and colors my insides anew
Though filled to the brim, I thirst and I hunger
For the world beyond my self-inflicted walls

I feel

On my muscles, my skin takes shape
And the cold of my prison penetrates me
As I feel the blood flow from every crevice
Down to my pinkish fingertips

I awake

To see that what I used to be exists no more
I feel both more and less of the world
And I find myself to be littered with scars
But they don’t hurt as much as they used to before

I push

My casket which kept me locked away
And the earth which used to weigh down on me
Can’t hold me back as I breathe again
My hand reaching out to be free again

I live

All that used to be-- I now forgive
Beware for I have finally unearthed
But fear not for though I am not the same
I’m not undead, for at last, I’m reborn