Cast me unto the flames

Cast me unto the flames

What do I care

I won't be there

~ O ~ o ~

Say whatever you like

Anything you feel

Just keep it real

~ O ~ o ~

Remember my failings

As well as good deeds

But don't dwell on these

~ O ~ o ~

I was never an angel

Nor devil to fear

I was just here

~ O ~ o ~

My ending has come now

Just let me go

The person you know

~ O ~ o ~

Return my substance to the winds

To the waters below

Molecular flow

~ O ~ o ~

Draw over the sheet

No time to regret

Soon to forget

~ O ~ o ~

What will be left

Loved ones bereft

Soon to move on

~ O ~ o ~

Mere shadows remain

Glimmers of self

Vanity's proof

~ O ~ o ~

Endings are just that

Final farewell

No story to tell

~ O ~ o ~

Let the candle burn

To its natural end

Rejoice in the light

That remains

Thanks for reading

And please don’t be distressed. I am not planning to snuff the candle just yet 🙂 I used to say to my children, if they ever asked about dying, that we only die when our time comes. I realise this is an a priori truth but it did seem to settle any anxieties they may have had at the time and, if you think about it, this maxim is also an absolute truth.