Mmetaphysical Stories

Sort poems about the allegorical side of a deeply metaphysical conundrum. They will mostly be in free verse.

When Simon's final breath slips away, he expects the stillness of death. Instead, he wakes in the body of his younger self-stronger, sharper, and somehow... different. A golden figure reveals the truth: Simon is trapped in a cycle of life and death, each resurrection stripping away an emotion or virtue and replacing it with something new. Note: Crafted around the prompt "When an old man dies, he returns to his youth, but each time he loses something different (such as an emotion or a trait) and gains something new."