Komorebi

Sunlight has found its path strained

Clawing 'tween grey skies and leaves

Reflecting a face in the stream

Once mine, but no more it seems

I'm not the one who brought upon this fate

Nor am I the one who threw it all away

Entangled canopy, the shelter overhead

Observed in silence, no pity for the dead

Fashioned a headstone out of dirt

Mixed it with runoff from the earth

Here lies something more

Then just bones and tissue from the deceased

Covered by branches

Sheltered from rain

Night has finally advanced

And quieted day

Light fading

Standing over a grave built for the world

I dig this grave

I dig this grave

I dig this grave for the whole wide world

I'm not the one who brought upon this fate

Nor am I the one who threw it all away

Entangled canopy, the shelter overhead

Observed in silence, no pity for the dead