The Book Of The Dead

Like the breath of an ancient story whispered
down through the ages of men who wonder
at the mystery of a life lived unfulfilled,
the sound of your heart beating in its chamber
reminds us of the half-clasped hope, held
once with certainty but now less surely so;
loosened by too many doubts and questions
left unanswered by misadventure's twists
and turns taken on this rumbustious journey
we never sought to set out on, though it persists
as we did once, despite the odds, against all
logic, common sense and evidence before us.
But we can do no more or less because we are
still frail and foolish men called ever from afar.
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