Compost Me

When I die I want to die like a plant
and sink back into the Earth.
My body is of more worth as fertilizer for a friend
than it is as a corpse in a box.

And I want to live like a fox.
Spending all of my day checking out this and that,
and always living simply.

I know that I have to stop.
I know that I have to make my peace, let go of the past,
and be as still as moss on a rock.

So that when I die I will die like a plant
and melt back into Mother Earth….
Granted a respectful second birth.