Chants for Life Everafter

Hearing the chants
appealing for nirvana
the path of righteousness
be walked on life long

the birds chirp by the temple
where monks chants on
om mane padme hum
a key a call a prayer

here I keep a journal
of my journey
full of pain, hopes, prayers
undone by happenings beyond control

I'm dying and know it
for no one lives a thousand years
in my mind I am chanting
Kyrie Eleison, Christe Eleison

for what sins committed
for what wrong done.