A Snippet of Solace

x. death

entrap me in the
realms of nothingness,
don't keep me in your
bottomless pit.

bestow me
a painless execution,
lose count of
my flatting heart beat.

i beg my world to be lifeless,
in spheres that don't include me.
a place with no light and no darkness,
without a me that i have to be.

torch me with a huge fire,
let the flame disperse my body,
'til my flesh egresses from my skin,
'til no one can recognize me.

my skin will be flayed by the heat,
and my being will shred and succumb.
and as the wreaths of black smoke thread,
my span will no longer be plumbed.

lay my soul in gray ashes,
throw my embers beneath the sea.
entomb my bones in a potter's field,
and leave my remnants beside a tree.

the roots will be lifeless;
the fruits will decay.
for i was inferior,
not even worth as a prey.

the trunk will be scorched,
as an array of leaf dries.
for i had been nothing but remorse;
nothing but lies.