Autopsy

If my body was broken open and you could look inside

Would you only find flesh?

Just useless parts of an obsolete machine?

Would there be any sign of life?

Or would you only find death?

Would there be any evidence of a human soul trying to escape?

If a flame once burned within this shell

Set me on fire one last time

Is there a clear division of soul and spirit, marrow and joint?

Can the human body still give you glory even in death?

May the ashes tell the story of what work was done within

May my soul pause to witness as this body goes up in flame

Set me on fire