I awoke today on the other side
Funny, I didn’t expect it to be like this
It isn’t bad
But it isn’t the same
Now I live
Here
I will become accustomed
Merciless experience
Has a way of driving you
Onward
Can a pillar of salt
Turn to human if it looks back?
I’ve used up my wishes
The only magic left
Is in me
To fan this spark of a life
Into a warm and mellow flame
And my ashes
Will make the ground fertile
The grass here will be green
Again
Austerberto R. Palis, Jr.
May 2, 2001; 0829am
Copyright 2001 Austerberto
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