Cadaver

Bones in the water Flesh decayed Once a son or a daughter In a quiet place Memories doomed to wander Through scent or phrase I've been led to the slaughter In the end of days Ignored like the warning I failed to heed I'm just out of sight Forgotten and free Scattered and twisted Anointed with algae Curled up at the altar Where I hoped that you would find me So pry me From the muddy banks These calcified relics Are all that you could take from me Deny these These selfish thoughts Of safety and identity And all that I have wrought I'm drawing parallels between Myself and dead men again But mostly with death It's the end that I depend on It gives me urgency It gives me urgency It gives me urgency Reaching upward towards these trees I want to empathize I want to bleed but To be free from this burden Isn't what it seems It's existential longing For an end to absurdity It gives me urgency It gives me urgency