here lie
all the dead
just bones
and ash
once upon
a time
they had
something
everything
to live for
but time
has stolen
life away
whilst love
keeps them
buried in our hearts
in our thoughts
that storied place
where cherished memory
lives on
what has God
sacrificed
is creation
simply redemption
for some darker space
or commemoration
of initial thought
when light first burst
from God's thirsty soul
those legendary dreams
God dreamt
in the beginning
were they partial
or complete
uncompromised and whole
all this life
and death
God sent
is it impartial
or is creation meant
to simply fill
God's universal bowl
a simple holy place
that retains wisdom's grace
of all that once was
and all that will be
like the living and the dead
we remember
lying here on earth
amongst all these bones
and solemn ash
while precious life
miraculously
somehow
still unfolds

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