When My Body Stops
As I was perusing my poems to decide what to read for Victory Palace’s online poetry salon Dispatches from the Multi-Verse (Wednesday, April 8, at 8 pm CST), I happened upon a memento mori poem I wrote on January 4, 2014, at 2:11 am and thought you might appreciate the Stoic reminder to consciously treasure your aliveness.
When you awoke this morning, did you remember you will one day breathe your last breath, or did you stuff that haunting awareness back down into the bosom of your busyness?
If the latter, take a moment to savor your breath.
Meditating on your eventual demise sparks you to live every remaining moment with deeper gratitude, purpose, and passion.
What are you going to do differently today because you contemplated your death? How are you going to make the rest of your life what you most want to do instead of what you’re pressured, forced, cajoled, or coerced into doing? Which regrets are you going to preempt? Who are you going to sing your love out for and to?
When My Body Stops
by Margaret Anna Alice
When my body stops
When my breath stills
When my heart grows quiet
and my blood chills
When my brain halts
and my cells cease
When my memories vanish
and I am released
My skin will be a burst balloon
My eyes will be a placid mirror
My hands will be a caress unfelt
And my thoughts will be elsewhere
Yes, my thoughts, my felts, my amwasis
will be elsewhere
Today’s tomorrow
And tomorrow’s yesterday
Will meet at the corner of
Forever
As you sing me into sleep
As you read me into dreams
As you draw down the dark
And love me into light
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