| Beautiful Death If I can have nothing else in life; I want a beautiful death When a soft breast will take its last breath Death is certainly pretty Nothing else but to be free Decked put in lily white Cradled in a silver-blue night Cold as ice; eyes like glass No emotion, unfeeling and brass Hair lying unmoved, untwirled Untwitching, lost in a different world No tears, no smile With a look of perfect harmony all the while So peaceful so still Not a thing do I will As stiff as stone Not accompanied, not alone My voice does not speak Cease to be loud; cease to be meak How beautiful is death and to die Ceasing to be me; ceasing to be I Written By Courtney Gallagher (C)The Depths of Shallowness 2001 Back to the Archive |