I Am Gone

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    Inspired by Grave of the Fireflies.

    I Am Gone

    Gather round my funeral pyre
      I'll tell you what I see,
      I look down upon this place
      And see all it's beauty.

      I see all the things I've missed,
      Each sparkling peice of the mortal coil,
      From birds dancing upon the wind,
      To plants nestled within the soil.

      Why must we spend our lives so blind,
      So unable to see
      All the things around us
      That fit so perfectly?

      Why must we leave this place
      Before the puzzle fits together?
      Why must we only see a glimpse
      And never know the perfect pleasure?

      I wish to tell those who cross my path
      Of all the things I've seen,
      But alas, I am gone from this world
      And you cannot hear me.

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    The true philosopher and the true poet are one, and a beauty, which is truth, and a truth, which is beauty, is the aim of both.

    Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet (1803-1882)

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