please turn your hymnal to eulogy song #1

 

 
it is not possible  
for me  
to find words  
to explain  
how something  
came from nothing  
 
for metaphors  
of the Great clock  
maker  turning  
the key of life  
in the wheel  
of space and time  
 
that which  
can not be named  
yahweh  
can not be named  
so be it  
 
yet light  
begat  
light  
and  
so on  
 
into every  
slithering -feathered  
sap-green  
claw -eyed  
furry-blood  
monkey- bug  
plant-beast  
unimaginable  
 
including us  
and our dreams  
of something more  
than death to  
mark our stay  
 
dear dead people  
i will kindly skip  
the dates of  
your birth  
your demise  
your myths  
 
you are dead  
most of you  
if remembered at all  
are slandered by platitudes  
most,  honestly  
are simply forgotten  
 
as a eulogy for you all  
we're still alive
sons and daughters  
cousins  
aunts  
uncles  
 
 
deliberately  
joyously  
feverishly  
sweating  
 
and exhort  
all children  
of life  
do the same  
 
be free  
go forth  
love