Lower me not, <br />into a crimson mouthed coffin <br />under mahogony covers <br />a secret tucked away <br />Lower me not <br />into damp clay <br />weighted down <br />by marble grey <br /> <br />Set me ablaze <br />set me free <br />set me flying <br />like a dying comet. <br />Across the sky> <br />fling me, swing me, <br />let the wind kiss me <br />set me spiralling in flaming arcs. <br /> <br />float me away <br />a petalled offering <br />on a river of spices <br />through red dusty land <br />or rip me, espose me <br />the bare bones of me <br />speadeagled on a table rock <br />part of the raven, or the wolf <br /> <br />Lower me not, <br />leave me not <br />forget me not <br />let me leave you <br />let me depart <br />let me be freedom <br />and new life <br />and new dawns.<br /><br />Geraldine Moorkens Byrne<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/lower-me-not/
