Black Poetry : Funeral

PropheticNsyght

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I attended a funeral today.
I stood graveside and watched as
they lowered a casket of marble into
the ground.
The ground...
a gaping abyss of finality and for the first time
in years I cried tears of happiness.
I cried tears of relief and release.
I finally relinquished my hold over him.

The downpour around me began to let up...
sunlight peeking from behind the clouds.
A gentle breeze walks through the air.
The smell of freedom and liberty.

I watch as the pallbearers began to place dirt over the
casket.
I hear a faint pounding and beating...
something right out of a "Tale Tell Heart."
I step back and listen intently,
I can hear the muffled screams of pain and horror.
He's calling me and I can't help him.
In fact he screams my name and I refuse to help him.

I'm burying him alive and no feeling of
remorse befalls me.
I began to laugh. I throw my head back and my soul bubbles with
laughter.
Regardless of the puzzled glances on me, I walk away laughing
with His arms around me.
He leads me to the limo and I get in. We drive away and I never look back.

Today I buried my old sinful man.
Today I reveled in his pitiful cries for help;
but I was too happy to see him lowered into the ground for good.
Today I emerged, victorious and pure; walking in liberty and a
new me.
Today I drove away from my past with God next to me,
and for the first time in a long time
God embraced me deeply and I now what it truly
feels like to be free.



~Copyright 2004
"Son of the DayStar" Publishing
"Poeta nascitur, non fit."
~The Poet is born, not made.
 
queentswana said:
This poem caused my heart to both feel sad and smile at the same time...and what a weird feeling that is. I can smile because I feel what you're feeling and to be free is bliss. thanks for sharing this wonderful piece with us.

Thank you so much Queen. I'm glad you can feel where I'm coming from. I feel so free and reborn! God is good and I love him desperately.
 

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