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A snap burns the air
Which soon finds its way through
A rupture of bone.
Heat bleeds
Leaching from the exposed mind
Giving way to eternal cold.
The body wanes, slows
And fails, life consumed.

No floating above your body,
No dark tunnel, no bright light.
No distant relatives or long dead pets
Waiting to greet you.
Everything you've ever heard about
The afterlife is a lie.

Spirit bound to the flesh
Indivisible.
Trapped, prisoner in a useless body
Forever.
Self conscious, observing the passage of time, though
Powerless.

The soul does not transcend,
It is the sum of all your parts.
Like ash and dust, it too decays.
©2006-2009 ~VerbingWeirds
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Actually based on the same dream as "A Glimpse of Death". This was written first and was published in an arts rag published by the Chemeketa Community College paper every quarter.

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:iconprettyboy326:
hey hey hey i kinda like this......dont agree with what it says but i like it all the same
:iconverbingweirds:
I wouldn't say I neccisarily agree with it either. Just a weird idea I had when I died in a dream once.

Thanks!
:iconprettyboy326:
cool cool....i liked it anyway
:iconallusionstograndeur:
Your word choices are really strong, but I suppose that is how you speak to--it always sounds like everything is pretty well thought out. Nice work and thought or dream or whatever you would attribute the idea to. Of course, we all know that there are actually monads and so death isn't what all those dirty atheists say----I'm talking out of my ass. Have a lovely Sunday. See you tomorrow!

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Truth, Beauty, Kindness
:iconallusionstograndeur:
*too

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Truth, Beauty, Kindness
:iconvivalafreak:
The title caught my eye, the poem is even better. I love it!
:iconverbingweirds:
Oh, yeah. I was really annoyed when I read Leibniz. I think my system's better thought out and I didn't have to make up any silly words to express the idea. Monads... What a goof!

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