Coax

Coaxing dying embers
With delicate breath
Breathing life back
Into this lich flame

Life so stagnant
Blood congealed in veins
Awaiting that moment
That reanimation

Coaxing dying embers
With prodded stick
Force the great awakener
When subtlety fails

Life so stagnant
A duckweed covered pool
Stinking and deathly
But life lurks beneath

Coaxing dying embers
With Gerry can and petrol
Blunt, insane, painful
Effective all the same

Life so stagnant
A rotting, decaying heap
Repulsive and disgusting
Nourishment for life

Life becomes stagnant
Minds become unravelled
Coax those dying embers
Untie those mental bindings