In Memoriam

Take a step, put one foot in the grave,
catch a breath submerged in holy water.
Watch a moving scene of former days,
shed a tear as memory starts to falter.

Familiar faces try to hide the pain,
medicate to alleviate the pressure.
Make amends with the ones I used to hate,
feel the agony give way to pleasure.

Tearing down the walls of eternity,
all in my loving memory.

Final scene humility!

I succumb to universal law,
another system's energy disperses.
Mother Nature red in tooth and claw,
it's the game that everybody loses.

Show your cards and accept what you've been dealt.
Guardian or harbringer of sorrow?
Pour a drink, raise a glass and toast to health.
Is the truth too hard for us to swallow?

Tearing down the walls of eternity,
all in my loving memory.

Master of creation lead us from temptation.
Father of invention please guide my ascension.
So much left unspoken, life leaving heartbroken.
A sense of acceptance, one final repentance.

Read these words upon my stone:
“In piam memoriam.”

Tearing down the walls of eternity,
all in my loving memory.