Wednesday 18 October 2017

Greater than the Sum.........



Your eulogy then..

At best 
Sentiment & Projection 
Of they 
Wielding the pen

A social agreement
To speak well of 
the dead

In truth 
Only crafted
To commemorate
This particular passing
Or the ever popular
Celebration of life

What of all 
Deaths experienced
While you continued
Your earthly walk?
Can you recall
Or even imagine
The number 
Of suits
You donned 
Strutting 
Life's runway
And then
Renounced
Again 
&
      Again.......

When was it?

You realized/declared

The skin fits!!!

No "dress rehearsal"
This production 
This has always
Been Your Life!

None then
A "minor role.."
Don't all then
 That 
Contributed 
To your
Earthbound finale
Bear mentioning?

Through each 
of those masks
Your inner vision
Was shaped
Until 
The walk
&
The talk 
You
 Called
Your own

How many definitions
Did you 
Vehemently defend?

By how many 
Names 
Might you 
Have answered
Before
 Life's meaning
Crossing
 Your lips

No longer
Reeked 
Of bile?

R. O'Neill (October 18, 2017)



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