A false hope for passersby
I attended my funeral
No one wore black
It was empty
There was barely anyone
No one to read out a eulogy for me
Or to light candles
Or to buy flowers
Or to shed tears for me
A desolate funeral, dreary
I cried all day
I cried all night
For myself
For losing myself
My soul,
My worth,
My self respect,
For I know how distressing it is
To lose someone
To lose someone you love
Someone you imagine your future with
I know
I'm aware of it
So I dig open the grave
Buried myself in it
Shoved the mud down my throat
So hard
That I don't wake up in the next life
I placed some extra maggots
So their poison makes me scream
I then read some scriptures from The Holy Bible
So that it reminds me
How I wronged myself
How toxic it is
To fall for a wrong person
To fall for a disrespectful lad
Who is not ready to be a man yet
Who doesn't have pure intentions
The lesson is what I deserve
The eternal pain
The snake bite
The cobra's poison
...
It was time to wind up the funeral
One last task
To write the epitaph
I picked up the charcoal
And rubbed on the memorial plaque,
"Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted." (Matthew 5:4)
A false hope for passersby.
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