Poetry from a Decaying Mind

Dead to Life

I suppose it was time to get out from bed

Time to get up and lift my weary head

I open the coffin door and stepped from my grave

I forget that without a face I don't need to shave

How rude of me not to introduce myself dear reader

You see I'm not a common person, an abnormal bleeder

I am dead and have been for quite some time

A mere skeleton with no sense of time

I forget how long I have been dead but don't fret

When it's something that grave you don't mind to forget

In my suit I walk out the mausoleum grave

I stretch out my arms and stride away

I see many others still laying in the ground

But for some reason they don't make a sound

They lay there looking towards the stars

Why do they look free and I feel behind bars

I perish the thought and continue my stroll

In the moonlight past the graves and the cold

Was a usual night till something caught my eye

Something I have never seen pass by

I saw a figure dressed in black from head to toe

My curiosity was sparked so I began to follow

Gravestone after gravestone as I slinked behind

Wondering who it was I followed so blind

Till finally she stopped at the top of a hill

The figure kneeled down and lifted her veil

Was a woman that kneeled down to a grave

I leaned in closer for my curiosity craved

She sat in front of the grave reciting a prayer

I was stunned and was bereft of air

Such a face I haven't seen before

Such a shock it rattled to my boney core

I kept looking at her for as long as she stayed

Till she finally got up and walked away

With the sun rising I still could see her face

Young and beautiful even from behind the lace

I rested in my coffin as my thoughts wondered back to her

Till I buckled in pain something I couldn't remember

A sharp pain in my chest is what I felt

I listened and couldn't believe what I felt

Bewildered and taken back by shock

Feeling my heart beat again like the ticking of a clock

I was unable to rest for this heavy pain in my chest

Feeling pain I regret it but I felt like it was for the best

The next night came and so did she

Dressed in black and as beautiful as could be

Each moment and each night I watched

I couldn't resist, her I was bewitched

Many moons came and passed yet she never noticed me

Though she wouldn't understand she gave me something I thought could never be

For many nights I watched this angel weep

To see her smile is the promise I shall keep

I donned my best suit and hat and whitened my bones

I waltzed forward from my crypt, determination honed

I paused before approaching her for some reason

As if I fear death or tried for treason

Slowly I approached her with lighted step

Terrified but knowing a promise must be kept

"Dear Madame," I said, "Please stop your tears

"An angel such as you shouldn't cry through the years"

She turned and there was fear for only a moment

"What are you?" She said, Do you befriend or torment?"

"I wish to comfort you, my dear

"For you sadness has reached this corpse's ear"

"I weep for the loss of my husband, taken was he

"Abruptly and had a fate no one could see"

I stood silently as she told me the tale

Of her departed husband lost in the gale

He was lost and couldn't get back

His fate was one that started the attack

"My deepest apologies, Madame, for it was unclear

"When he passed I sure he had no fear"

"How is it you still live, sir?"

"That, my dear, is a blur."

I extended my hand to her to help her up

When she accepted what happened was a miraculous touch

Slowly my hand and arm began to reveal flesh

Like I was never a corpse, always fresh

"What kind of mystery are you, sir?

"To be coming to life, a miracle I can't see"

"To say I knew, would to you be lying

"Wasn't until I saw you that my heart started beating"

She blushed and blessed my eyes with a gorgeous smile

"You barely know me, how are you sure I don't beguile?"

"When a corpse is brought back to life

"It cannot be a mistake or strife

"True we are a mystery to us both

"But that's an adventure I'd gladly venture forth"

I was already dead and had nothing to lose

This tension I sought to defuse

Placing my hand on the back of her neck

Slowly leaning in till our kiss did connect

Like being struck by lightning, feeling free at last

When we pulled away I remembered my past

It was me who was lost in the gale long ago

My body may have failed but my love did forego

Like magic I found myself restored to life

I looked into her eyes and praised life

She saved me from a fate worse than Macbeth

Finding another heart like mine saved me from death

Life is odd with how people appear

Yet the feelings created shall not disappear

For in that moment we lock eyes

A new found joy we feel, we cannot disguise