From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!hou5f!hou5b!hou5c!hou5e!hou5a!hou5d!houxz!ihnp4!ixn5c!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!kilgore Newsgroups: net.poems Title: Re: On Death being a state of mind. - (nf) Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.1606 Posted: Thu Mar 3 22:30:54 1983 Received: Tue Mar 8 03:43:59 1983 #R:nmtvax:-21300:uiucdcs:24800001:000:1143 uiucdcs!kilgore Mar 3 18:13:00 1983 ***** uiucdcs:net.poems / nmtvax!224cool / 11:50 am Feb 28, 1983 Found on a notepad by the bedside of a recently passed-away member of the human race(ha). Along with such scrawling as : 'I'm Dead therefore I am', and 'Death after life - the only alternative'. Death after Life A silver strand of wire is spun, the demons vengefull ire is sprung. Darkness running the grounds of time, shatter the crypt and bonds half-blind. Unearthed the tomb of mind arise, and gaze beyond without your eyes. From ashes a-rose the freedom found, red blood rushing above the ground. Divide the path of Cosmic whim and follow a cloud - to live again. The mirth - from gray to white to blue, spinning a tapestry full of hue. Defy the earth and stand up-right, boulders shudder and fall from sight. A brilliant beam of blue-white light, zigzags upward towards out of sight. Climb aboard and walk away, explode a sun - a brand new day. Create a world, summon a man, defy entropy and form a plan. Turn loose the wire from out of hand, forget the ire of death so grand. Exhale the fire and walk the land, the flow of blood - to live again. ----------