A Dusty Road

 

Blown into eternity

the end has no formality

no significance to speak of

Reduced to mere dust

we are scattered into

a universe of particles

to be at the will of

the winds that blow

We will have left no impression

no remains 

but dust thinly scattered

Celestial debris

of no significance

What was it all for?

Caught up in the

draught of a strange creation

to live and die

for nothing

Our bodies, lives

relationships and possessions

all cast aside

to embrace an eternity 

surely for nought

Born into a reality

destroyed into nothingness

I want to move forward

to a new life and territory

to retain my identity

but how sad

that the sum total of life

has yielded absolutely

nothing

How can this be?

 

Our mortal frames

go up in flames

but the soul

has a different role

It journey's forward

through the dusty remains

to an awaiting glory

the destination of which

is not the same

Ashes to ashes

dust to dust

our souls will never know

how to become rust