another 'Life is Short' poem.....

[emmiegray]

I'm not a patriot
I'm a gravestone
I'm not a child, mother, wife
I'm dust.
I'm fireworks, a bell ringing
A wave crashing
Consumable, consumed, bright and warm..
Set fire to all of this and
Gently introduce it to the lapping waters
That will carry it out to sea...
For the moment though
Trapped inside the moving vehicle
Of my mind,
Mindless, mindful, mind you now
I take none of it seriously...
What I was
What I will be
...not so different from what I am now.
Just let it be something
Graceful...