FLAME VOICE: Transcending All Fear of Death aren't we basically garbage pits cluttered with years of debris? too much junk snarls our lives muddling us in ennui since all things are destined for dust why fear searing flames? real growth involves non-clinging so welcome the fire's embrace Remember - everything is burning & within each crematory celebrate the crème & fleeting dreams, & crêpes Lis: This is what I want to remember on my funeral pyre. Ron: (laughing) Hey, when you are on your funeral pyre there will be not be any memory, so live fully now! ===================================================================================== from _Last Poems: Lost Poems_ by T Newfields SUMMARY: A poem about ashes and dust and comment about cremation. KEYWORDS: burning away, spiritual fire, coruscation, incineration, cremation Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955 - ) Begun: 2003 Nagoya (Japan) ✠ Finished: 2021 Yokohama (Japan) Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} < LAST https://www.tnewfields.info/LastPoems/frame.htm TOC https://www.tnewfields.info/LastPoems/index.html NEXT > https://www.tnewfields.info/LastPoems/oref.htm